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Witt, Bryce Seligman De was born on January 8, 1923 in Dinuba, California, United States.
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Bryce Seligman De Witt
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Bryce Seligman De Witt, American Physics educator. Recipient Dirac medal International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1987; Guggenheim fellow 1975-1976, visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, England, 1975-1976, National Science Foundation senior fellow, 1964. Served as aviator United States Navy, 1944-1945. Fellow American Physical Society; member NAS.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1943; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Harvard University, 1950.
Career
Member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1949-1950, 54, 64, 66;
Fulbright fellow, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, India, 1951-1952;
senior physicist Radiation Laboratory, University of California, 1952-1955;
research professor physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1956-1959;
professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1960-1964;
Agnew Hunter Bahnson Junior professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964-1971;
professor physics, University Texas, Austin, 1972-1986;
Jane and Roland Blumberg professor physics, University Texas, since 1986;
director center relativity, University Texas, 1972-1986;
Fulbright lecturer, France, 1956;
Fulbright lecturer, Japan, 1964-1965. Member International Committee Relativity and Gravitation, 1959-1972. Leader Texas Mauritanian Eclipse Expedition, 1973.
Member fellows panel National Research Council, since 1974. Group leader Institute Theoretical Physics, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1980-1981. Consultant in physics.
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Served as aviator United States Navy, 1944-1945. Fellow American Physical Society. Member NAS.
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American
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Recipient Dirac medal International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1987. Guggenheim fellow 1975-1976, visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, England, 1975-1976, National Science Foundation senior fellow, 1964.Recipient Dirac medal International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1987. Guggenheim fellow 1975-1976, visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford, England, 1975-1976, National Science Foundation senior fellow, 1964.