Steven Weinberg
- Born: May 3, 1933 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1954: AB, Cornell University
- 1957: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1957–1959: Columbia University, Instructor in Physics
- 1959–1960: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Research Associate
- 1960–1969: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1969–1973: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1973–1983: Harvard University, Higgins Professor of Physics
- 1982–present: University of Texas, Austin, Jack S. Josey Regental Professor of Science
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1960–1973: Consultant, Institute for Defense Analyses
- 1971–1973: Consultant, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- 1972–1975: Member, Council, American Physical Society
- 1983–1986: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1987–1992: Member, Site Evaluation Committee, NAS-NAE, Superconducting Super Collider
- 1989–1992: Member, Science Policy Committee, Superconducting Super Collider
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1972: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1977: American Physical Society, Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
- 1979: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1991: National Medal of Science
Oral History Interviews
- 1988: Available Online
- 1991: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Steven Weinberg, "Changing Attitudes and the Standard Model," in The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s, ed. Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown, Michael Riordan, and Max Dresden (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1997), 36-44
