Background
Vogt, Erich Wolfgang was born on November 12, 1929 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Peter Andrew and Susanna (Reimer) Vogt.
academic administrator physicist
Vogt, Erich Wolfgang was born on November 12, 1929 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Peter Andrew and Susanna (Reimer) Vogt.
Bachelor of Science, U. Manitoba, 1951; Master of Science, U. Manitoba, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1955; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Manitoba, 1982; Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen's U., 1984; Doctor of Science (honorary), Carleton U., 1988; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Regina, 1986; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Simon Fraser U., 1996.
He died on February 19, 2014. In 1965, he started teaching at the University of British Columbia. From 1975 to 1981, he was the Vice President (Faculty & Student Affairs).
He retired in 1994, although he came back in 2001 to teach several 100 level physics courses.
He is best known as one of the founders of TRIUMF, Canada"s national laboratory of nuclear and particle physics, which utilizes a particle accelerator, located on the University of British Columbia. He was the director from 1981 to 1994.
In 2006, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 1970, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
He has received honorary degrees from the University of Manitoba, Queen's University, University of Regina, Carleton University, Simon Fraser University, and University of British Columbia.
On December 4, 2009, he gave his final lecture at the University of British Columbia Hennings Building, room 201, to his class of Physics 107 students. This lecture was also attended by faculty members as well as former students. He continued to work at TRIUMF.
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Fellow Royal Society Canada, American Physical Society. Member Canada Association Physicists (past president, gold medal for achievement in physics 1988).
Married Barbara Mary Greenfield, August 27, 1952. Children: Edith Susan, Elizabeth Mary, David Eric, Jonathan Michael, Robert Jeremy.