Background
Merzbacher, Eugen was born on April 9, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Siegfried and Lilli (Wilmersdoerffer) Merzbacher. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953.
Merzbacher, Eugen was born on April 9, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Siegfried and Lilli (Wilmersdoerffer) Merzbacher. came to the United States, 1947, naturalized, 1953.
Licentiate, University Istanbul, 1943. AM, Harvard University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993.
High school teacher, Ankara, Turkey, 1943-1947;
member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1950-1951;
visiting assistant professor, Duke U., 1951-1952;
member of faculty, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1952;
professor, U. North Carolina, since 1961;
acting chairman physics Department, University North Carolina, 1965-1967, 71-72;
Kenan professor physics, U. North Carolina, 1969-1991;
Kenan professor physics emeritus, U. North Carolina, since 1991;
department chairman, U. North Carolina, 1977-1982. Visiting professor U. Washington, 1967-1968, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986. Arnold Bernhard visiting professor physics Williams College, 1993.
Visiting research fellow Science and Engineering Research Council, U. Stirling, 1986. Chair International Conference on Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, 1987-1989, chair Australian Psychological Society task force on journal growth, 1994-1995. Senior advisor Australian Psychological Society, since 1998.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (president 1990. Frances E. Slack award southeastern section, 2009). Member American Association Physics Teachers (Oersted medal 1992), Sigma Xi.
Married Ann Townsend Reid, July 11, 1952. Children: Celia, Charles, Matthew, Mary (deceased).