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Department Heads
Faculty and Postdocs
PhDs
Department Heads
- 1929–1957: Wheeler Loomis
- 1957–1964: Frederick Seitz
- 1964–1970: Gerald Almy
- 1970–1986: Ralph Simmons
- 1986–1992: Ansel Anderson
- 1992–2000: David Campbell
- 2000–2006: Jeremiah Sullivan
- 2006–present: Dale Van Harlingen
Faculty and Postdocs
- 1916–1918: Richard Tolman, Professor of Physical Chemistry
- 1929–1976: F. Wheeler Loomis
- 1929–1959: Professor of Physics
- 1959–1976: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1930–1977: Gerald Almy
- 1930–1933: Instructor in Physics
- 1933–1935: Associate in Physics
- 1935–1939: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1939–1943: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1943–1970: Professor of Physics
- 1970–1977: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1938–1945: Robert Serber, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1938–1947: Leland Haworth
- 1938–1940: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1940–1944: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1944–1947: Professor of Physics
- 1938–1950: Maurice Goldhaber
- 1938–1943: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1943–1945: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1945–1950: Professor of Physics
- 1938–1957: Donald Kerst, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1939–1950: Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber
- 1939–1948: Research Physicist
- 1948–1950: Special Research Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1940–1942: Norman Ramsey, Associate in Physics
- 1941–1942: Philip Morrison, Instructor in Physics
- 1946–1950: Gerald Tape, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1946–1956: Robert Duffield, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1946–2002: Harry Drickamer
- 1946–1949: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- 1949–1953: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
- 1953–1958: Professor of Chemical Engineering
- 1958–1983: Professor of Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry
- 1983–1989: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics
- 1989–2002: Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics
- 1948–2000: Herbert Gutowsky
- 1948–1956: Instructor to Professor of Chemistry
- 1956–1983: Professor of Chemistry
- 1983–2000: Research Professor of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Study
- 1949–1950: Sidney Drell, Research Associate
- 1949–1965: Frederick Seitz
- 1949–1965: Research Professor of Physics
- 1964–1965: Dean, Graduate College and Vice President, Research
- 1949–present: Charles Slichter
- 1949–1951: Instructor in Physics
- 1951–1954: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1954–1955: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1955–1997: Professor of Physics
- 1997–present: Professor Emeritus of Physics and Chemistry
- 1949–present: David Lazarus
- 1949–1987: Instructor to Professor
- 1987–present: Professor Emeritus
- 1950–1950: Erwin Hahn, Research Associate
- 1950–1957: Geoffrey Chew
- 1950–1951: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1951–1955: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1955–1957: Professor of Physics
- 1951–1953: Albert Overhauser, Research Associate
- 1951–1991: John Bardeen
- 1951–1975: Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
- 1975–1991: Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Physics
- 1952–1955: David Pines, Research Assistant Professor
- 1952–1956: Francis Low, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1952–1966: John Wheatley, Instructor to Professor of Physics
- 1952–1992: Hans Frauenfelder
- 1952–1956: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1956–1958: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1958–1992: Professor of Physics
- 1953–1956: Elihu Abrahams
- 1953–1955: Research Associate
- 1955–1956: Assistant Professor
- 1954–1964: Robert Balluffi, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
- 1955–1957: Leon Cooper, Research Associate
- 1957–1958: Elliott Lieb, Research Associate
- 1957–1960: Robert Novick, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1957–1967: J. David Jackson
- 1957–1958: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1958–1967: Professor of Physics
- 1957–present: Ralph Simmons
- 1957–1959: Research Associate
- 1959–1965: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1965–2006: Professor of Physics
- 2006–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1959–1962: J. Robert Schrieffer, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1959–2007: Donald Ginsberg
- 1959–1966: Research Associate and Associate Professor
- 1966–1996: Professor of Physics
- 1996–2007: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1959–present: David Pines
- 1959–1995: Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering
- 1995–present: Research Professor of Physics and Professor Emeritus of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 1961–1981: Willis Flygare
- 1961–1966: Instructor to Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1966–1981: Professor of Chemistry
- 1961–present: Ansel "Andy" Anderson
- 1961–1962: Research Associate
- 1962–1992: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1992–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1962–1969: Leo Kadanoff
- 1962–1962: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1963–1964: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1965–1969: Professor of Physics
- 1962–present: Miles Klein
- 1962–1998: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1998–2000: Professor of Physics, Center for Advanced Study
- 2000–present: Professor of Physics Emeritus, Center for Advanced Study
- 1963–present: Gordon Baym
- 1963–1965: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1965–1968: Professor of Physics
- 1968–1993: Professor of Physics
- 1993–present: Professor of Physics, Center for Advanced Study
- 1964–1967: Anthony Leggett
- 1964–1965: Research Associate
- 1966–1967: Research Associate
- 1967–present: Jeremiah Sullivan
- 1967–1967: Acting Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1967–1969: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1967–1973: Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Loomis Laboratory of Physics
- 1969–1973: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1973–2006: Professor of Physics
- 2006–present: Emeritus Professor of Physics
- 1968–present: Gert Ehrlich, Professor to Professor Emeritus of Physical Metallurgy
- 1969–1970: Walter Massey, Assistant Professor
- 1969–1971: Peter Feibelman, Research Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1969–1972: Charles Duke, Professor of Physics
- 1970–1972: David Campbell, Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
- 1970–1983: David Chandler, Assistant Professor to Professor of Chemistry
- 1972–1984: William L. McMillan, Professor of Physics
- 1972–2005: Ronald Adrian
- 1972–1997: Assistant Professor to Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
- 1997–2002: Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Professor of Engineering
- 2002–2005: Research Professor and Leonard C. and Mary Lou Hoeft Emeritus Professor of Engineering
- 1972–2006: Vijay Pandharipande
- 1972–1973: Research Associate
- 1973–1974: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1974–1977: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1977–2006: Professor of Physics
- 1981–present: Dale Van Harlingen
- 1981–present: Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 2006–present: Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering
- 1983–present: Anthony Leggett, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Physics
- 1984–1987: Thomas Everhart, Chancellor
- 1985–present: Nigel Goldenfeld
- 1985–1991: Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1991–1995: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1995–2007: Professor of Physics
- 2007–present: Swanlund Professor of Physics
- 1987–present: David Ceperley
- 1987–1991: Associate Professor of Physics
- 1991–present: Professor of Physics
- 1992–2000: David Campbell, Professor of Physics
- 1992–present: Laura Greene
- 1992–2000: Professor of Physics
- 2000–present: Swanlund Professor of Physics
- 1994–2000: Roy Holt, Professor of Physics
PhDs
- 1932: Wendell Furry
- 1936: Polykarp Kusch
- 1949: Sidney Drell
- 1949: Erwin Hahn
- 1952: Charles Bean
- 1957: John Malmberg
- 1957: J. Robert Schrieffer
- 1957: Ralph Simmons
- 1959: Frank Fang
- 1961: Ansel "Andy" Anderson
- 1964: William L. McMillan
- 1965: David Aspnes
- 1969: Lewis Edelheit
- 1969: George "Bud" Homsy
- 1970: Steven Pieper
- 1972: Don Scifres
- 1974: George Crabtree
- 1975: Robert Austin
- 1978: Robert Wiringa
