Background
Hagstrum, Homer Dupre was born on March 11, 1915 in St. Paul. Son of Andrew and Sadie Gertrude (Fryckberg) Hagstrum.
Hagstrum, Homer Dupre was born on March 11, 1915 in St. Paul. Son of Andrew and Sadie Gertrude (Fryckberg) Hagstrum.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with high distinction, University of Minnesota, 1935; Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1936; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 1940; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Minnesota, 1986.
Teaching and research assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1935-1940; research physicist, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1940-1985; head surface physics research department, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, 1954-1978; retired, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, 1985; consultant department physics, Stevens Institute Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1986-1989. Visiting professor Institute for Solid State Physics, U. Tokyo, September-December 1986, June, July 1989. General chairman Physical Electronics Conference, 1976-1980.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (chairman division electron and atomic physics 1957, Davisson-Germer prize 1975). Member National Academy of Sciences, American Vacuum Society (board directors 1976-1978, Welch award 1974), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Bonnie Doone Cairns, August 29, 1948. Children: Melissa Billings, Jonathan Tryon.