Background
Gaerttner, Erwin Rudolf was born on February 27, 1911 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Rudolf and Pauline Karoline (Groezinger) Gaerttner.
Gaerttner, Erwin Rudolf was born on February 27, 1911 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Rudolf and Pauline Karoline (Groezinger) Gaerttner.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Denver, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Michigan, 1937.
Institute Technology, 1937-1938, Horace H. Rackham fellow physics, 1938-1939. From instructor to assistant professor physics Ohio State University, 1939-1946. On leave to radition laboratory Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1942-1946.
Research associate research laboratory General Electric Company, 1946-1951, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, 1951-1958.
Professor physics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1958-1960, director Linear Accelerator Laboratory, 1958-1974, professor nuclear engineering and science, head department, 1960-1974.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Dorothy Mary Polcar, December 21, 1940. Children: Robert East., Martin R. National Research Council fellow physics California.