Alan Fowler (physicist)
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Alan Bicksler Fowler (born October 15, 1928) is an American physicist.[1]
Life and education
He was born in Denver, Colorado on October 15, 1928.[2]
Fowler served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948 and from 1952 to 1953.[3]
He earned a BS in 1951, then an MS in 1952 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. In 1958, he earned his PhD from Harvard University.[2]
Fowler was married to Kathleen Devlin for 65 years, until her death in 2016, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.[4]
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[5]
Career
He worked as a researcher for
He is an IBM Fellow Emeritus.[2]
Fowler is named as a co-inventor in nine
Fowler was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize by the American Physical Society in 1988.[2]
References
- ^ "Dr. Alan Bicksler Fowler". amacad.org. American Academy of Arts & Science. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Alan Fowler". history.aip.org. American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Alan Fowler". ACAP Array of Contemporary American Physicists. American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "KATHLEEN DEVLIN FOWLER 1928 - 2016". legacy.com. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "60 New Members Elected to Academy of Sciences". The New York Times. May 13, 1990.
- ^ "Alan B. Fowler". royalsociety.org. London, England: The Royal Society. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ISBN 9780801886393. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Patents by Inventor Alan B. Fowler". patents.justia.com. Justia Patents. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
