Background
Minkowski, Jan Michael was born on March 7, 1916 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Anatol Witold and Anna Jadwiga (Zand) Minkowski.
Minkowski, Jan Michael was born on March 7, 1916 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Anatol Witold and Anna Jadwiga (Zand) Minkowski.
Bachelor of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1948. Master of Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1963.
Research associate, Institute Theoretical Physics, Zurich, 1949-1950; research physicist, Erie (Pennsylvania) Resistor Corporation, 1950-1952; research scientist, Radiation Laboratory, Baltimore, 1952-1960; research scientist, Carlyle Barton laboratories, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1960-1970; associate professor physics, Carlyle Barton laboratories, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1963-1980; professor, Carlyle Barton laboratories, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1980-1986; professor emeritus, Carlyle Barton laboratories, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1986-1991. Consultant in field.
Vice president Polish Heritage Association, Baltimore, 1973-1975. Lieutenant Polish Army, 1938-1945. Member American Physical Society, Polish Institute Arts and Sciences in American, Johns Hopkins Club (Baltimore), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Zofia Frankowski, January 7, 1939 (divorced 1943). 1 son, Andrew Jan; married Anne Hastings Shreve, January 20, 1951. Children: John Shreve, Christopher Zand, Mark Hastings.