Background
Schlegel, Richard was born on August 29, 1913 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard and Mayme (Hansen) Schlegel.
Schlegel, Richard was born on August 29, 1913 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Richard and Mayme (Hansen) Schlegel.
Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1936. Postgraduate, U. Colorado, 1940-1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1943.
Lecturer Museum Science and Industry, Chicago, 1938-1940.
Associate physicist Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago, 1941-1943. Instructor physics Princeton, 1945-1948.
Faculty Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1948-1982, professor physics, 1957-1982, acting head department physics, 1955-1956. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, summer 1959.
Visiting associate Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1954-1955, 68-69, 75-76.
Affiliate History and Philosophy of Science Group, Cambridge, England, 1961-1962, 81-82.
Research on Lorentz transformations and quantum theory, cosmology, cultural and religious implications of modern physics, limits of science.
Fellow American Physical Society.
Married Frances Stanley McKee, June 26, 1946. Children: Thomas H., Catherine M. Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago.