Background
Broida, Herbert Philip was born on December 25, 1920 in Aurora, Colorado, United States. Son of Theodore D. and Lucy (Shatz) Broida.
Broida, Herbert Philip was born on December 25, 1920 in Aurora, Colorado, United States. Son of Theodore D. and Lucy (Shatz) Broida.
Bachelor of Arts Physics, U. Colorado, 1944. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1945, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.
Instructor physics Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1944-1945. Teaching and research fellow Harvard University, 1945-1949. Research associate Georgetown University School Medicine, 1957-1963.
Section chief, program coordinator National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1949-1963, physicist, 1976-1977.
Chairman evaluation panel optical physics division, 1973-1975. Professor physics University of California, Santa Barbara, 1963-1978, director Quantum Institute, 1973-1978.
Member committee comparative evaluation of trace gas techniques for detection explosives Research Triangle Institute. Committee atomic and molecular physics National Research Council-National Academy Science.
Member Santa Barbara Environmental Quality Advisory Board, 1974-1976.
Consultant in field Guggenheim fellow, 1952-1953. Senior fellow National Science Foundation, 1959-1960.
Recipient Flemming award United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1956.
Broida Hall of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, named in his honor.
Fellow American Physical Society (vice chairman division electron and atomic physics 1978, Broida prize named in his honor), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American. Member Combustion Institute, American Association Physics Teachers, Western Spectroscopy Association.
Married Ina Burnes, August 8, 1948. Children: John Phillip, Allison Burnes.