Larry Spruch

Born: January 1, 1923 (New York, New York)

Died: August 10, 2006

Education

1943: BA, Brooklyn College
1948: PhD, University of Pennsylvania (Physics)

Major Positions

1948–1950: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AEC Postdoctoral Fellow
1950–1955: New York University, Assistant Professor of Physics
1955–1961: New York University, Associate Professor of Physics
1961–1994: New York University, Professor of Physics
1994–2006: New York University, Emeritus Professor of Physics

Other Positions

1963–1964: University College London, NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
1969–1969: Institute for Astrophysics, Paris, Visitor
1977–1978: Harvard University, Associate, Harvard College Observatory
1981–1982: Institute for Advanced Study, Member

Selected Part-Time Positions

1959–1966: Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1979–1979: Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1992–1994: Member, Panel on Public Affairs, American Physical Society

Selected Awards and Honors

1968: American Physical Society, Fellow
1992: American Physical Society, Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics

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