Background
Shank, Charles Vernon was born on July 12, 1943 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States. Son of Augustus Jacob and Lillian Shank.
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Charles Vernon Shank
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Charles Vernon Shank, American Science administrator, educator. Recipient E. Longstreth medal Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1982, Morris E.Leeds award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1982, David Sarnoff award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1989. R.W. Wood prize.
Education
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1969.
Career
Member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1969-1976; head quantum physics and electronics department, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1976-1983; director Electronics Research Laboratory, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1983-1989; director Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, faculty member chemistry, physics, electrical engineering and computer science, University of California, Berkeley, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (George E. Pake prize 1996, Arthur L. Schawlow prize 1997), Optical Society American (R. W. Wood prize 1981). Member NAS, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Connections
Married Brenda Buckhold, June16, 1969.
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American
Awards
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Recipient E. Longstreth medal Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1982, Morris E.Leeds award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1982, David Sarnoff award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1989. R.W. Wood prize.Recipient E. Longstreth medal Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1982, Morris E.Leeds award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1982, David Sarnoff award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1989. R.W. Wood prize.