Case, Kenneth M. (original) (raw)
Dates
September 23, 1923 – February 1, 2006
Authorized Form of Name
Case, Kenneth M.
Biography
Abstract
Kenneth Case was an applied physicist and Emeritus Professor of Physics at Rockefeller University. His other institutional affiliations included the Institute for Advanced Study, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Michigan. He is renowned for his research on neutron transport.
Important Dates
September 23, 1923Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1944 – 1945Researcher, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1945Obtained SB, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1946Obtained MS, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1948Obtained PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1948 – 1950Member, Institute for Advanced Study.
1949 – 1950Research Associate, Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
1950 – 1951Research Associate, University of Rochester.
1951 – 1969Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1951-1952) and Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics (1951-1969), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1956Visiting Professor, Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
1961Visiting Professor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
1963 – 1964Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1969 – 2006Professor of Physics (1969-1988) and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1988-2006), Rockefeller University, New York (N.Y.).
1975Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1981 – 1982Visiting Professor, Institute of Nonlinear Studies, University of California, San Diego.
1988 – 2006Adjunct Professor, Institute of Nonlinear Studies, University of California, San Diego.
February 1, 2006Death, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
Occupation
Theoretical and mathematical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Case, Laurie H.
Daughter.
Case, Pat Carpenter
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Ph.D. advisor at Harvard University, "The Magnetic Moment of the Neutron and Proton."
Colleagues
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Barschall, H. H. (Henry Herman), 1915-1997
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Dennison, David M. (David Mathias), 1900-1976
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Marshak, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1916-1992
Both employed at University of Rochester and Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study and Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Randall, Harrison M. (Harrison McAllister), 1870-
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study and University of California, Berkeley.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at University of Michigan.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.
Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Additional
De Hoffmann, Frederic
Institutions
Major Positions
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Member.
Research Associate and Visiting Professor.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Researcher, Manhattan Project.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Researcher, Los Alamos Laboratory.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor.
Rockefeller University
Professor of Physics and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Visiting Professor and Adjunct Professor, Institute of Nonlinear Studies.
University of Michigan. Department of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
University of Michigan. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Associate.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained SB in 1945, MS in 1946, and PhD in 1948.
JASON Defense Advisory Group
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member
Resources
Published Resources
Author
Subject
Kenneth M. Case: 1922-2006, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.