Charles Slichter
- Born: January 21, 1924 (Ithaca, New York)
Education
- 1946: AB, Harvard University
- 1947: AM, Harvard University
- 1949: PhD, Harvard University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1949–1951: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Instructor in Physics
- 1951–1954: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1954–1955: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1955–1997: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Physics
- 1997–present: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Chemistry
Other Positions
- 1943–1946: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Research Associate, Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory
- 1964–1969: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1986–1997: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Chemistry
- 1988–1997: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Member, Center for Advanced Study
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1970–1995: Member, Harvard Corporation, Harvard University
- 1975–1984: Member, National Science Board
- 1975–1997: Member, Board of Directors, Polaroid Corporation
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1967: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1969: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1969: American Physical Society, Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics
- 1996: American Physical Society, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
- 2007: National Medal of Science
Oral History Interviews
- 1977: Available Online
- 2005: Available Online
Published Resources
C. P. Slichter, "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the BCS Theory," in BCS: 50 Years, ed. Leon N. Cooper and Dmitri Feldman (Singapore: World Scientific: 2011), 57-84
