Polykarp Kusch

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Polykarp Kusch
University of Illinois
Case Western Reserve University
Known forMeasured the magnetic moment of the electron
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1955)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Dallas
Columbia University
ThesisThe molecular spectra of caesium and rubidium (1936)
Doctoral advisorFrancis Wheeler Loomis
Doctoral studentsEugene D. Commins
Gordon Gould
Sheldon Schultz [de]

Polykarp Kusch (January 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993) was a German-born American physicist. In 1955, the

Willis Eugene Lamb
, who won for his work on the spectrum of hydrogen.)

Early life and education

Kusch was born in

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, from where he received his master's degree in 1933. He continued his education at the same alma mater, studying for his Ph.D. under mentorship from F. Wheeler Loomis and after defending his thesis titled "The Molecular Spectrum of Caesium and Rubidium", graduated from it in 1936. In 1935, prior to moving to the University of Minnesota, Kusch married his girlfriend, Edith Starr Roberts. Together, they had three daughters.[1]

Career

Kusch then moved to

molecular beams. During his tenure at Columbia, he was the doctoral supervisor for Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser.[1]

Kusch was a fellow of the American Physical Society since 1940[2] and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1959.[3] He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1956.[1] In 1967, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[4]

Kusch's wife Edith died in 1959, and in the following year he married Betty Pezzoni. They had two daughters. Kusch House, a residential dormitory for undergraduate students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on the South Campus, is named after Kusch. It is located on Carlton Road in Cleveland Heights. The University of Texas at Dallas has a Polykarp Kusch Auditorium with a plaque.

Kusch died on March 20, 1993, aged 82. His widow Betty died in 2003, aged 77.[1]

Publications

  • doi:10.1103/PhysRev.53.318
    .
  • Rabi, I. I.; Millman, S.; Kusch, P.; Zacharias, J. R. (1939). "The Molecular Beam Resonance Method for Measuring Nuclear Magnetic Moments. The Magnetic Moments of 3Li6, 3Li7 and 9F19".
    doi:10.1103/PhysRev.55.526
    .
  • Rabi, I. I.; Zacharias, J. R.; Millman, S.; Kusch, P. (1992). "Milestones in Magnetic Resonance: 'A new method of measuring nuclear magnetic moment'. 1938". Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2 (2): 131–133.
    S2CID 73238886
    .
  • Kusch, P.;
    PMID 17820251
    .

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Norman F. Ramsey. "Polykarp Kusch" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. pp. 3–4.
  2. ^ "APS Fellow Archive".
  3. ^ "Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-09-22.

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