Louis Slichter
- Born: May 19, 1896 (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Died: March 25, 1978
Education
- 1917: BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- 1920: AM, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- 1922: PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1917–1917: General Electric Company, Assistant Test Engineer
- 1917–1919: United States Navy, Assistant, Naval Experiment Station
- 1930–1931: California Institute of Technology, Research Associate
- 1922–1924: Submarine Signal Company, Physicist
- 1924–1931: Mason, Slichter, and Gould, Partner
- 1931–1932: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Geophysics
- 1932–1945: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Geophysics
- 1945–1947: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Professor of Geophysics
- 1947–1962: University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Geophysics
- 1963–1978: University of California, Los Angeles, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics
Other Positions
- 1941–1945: Office of Scientific Research and Development, Researcher, Division 6 (Undersea Warfare), National Defense Research Committee
- 1947–1962: University of California, Los Angeles, Director, Institute of Geophysics
Selected Awards and Honors
Oral History Interviews
- 1984: University of California at Los Angeles Research Library, Department of Special Collections
Published Resources
Leon Knopoff and Charles P. Slichter, "Louis Byrne Slichter: 1896-1978", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
