Background
Gottfried, Kurt was born on May 17, 1929 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Salomon and Augusta (Werner) Gottfried. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1965.
Gottfried, Kurt was born on May 17, 1929 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Salomon and Augusta (Werner) Gottfried. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1965.
Bachelor of Engineering, McGill University, 1951; Master of Science, McGill University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955.
Junior fellow, Society Fellows, Harvard, 1955-1958; research fellow, Institute Theoretical Physics, Copenhagen, 1958-1959; research fellow, Harvard, 1959-1960; assistant professor physics, Harvard, 1960-1964; associate professor physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1964-1968; professor physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1968; department chairman, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1991-1994. Staff member European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, 1970-1973.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society (chairman division particles and fields 1981, councillor 1990-1994), Union Concerned Scientists (board directors since 1978, vice-chair since 1997), Council on Foreign Rels.
Married Sorel B. Dickstein, June 26, 1955. Children: David M., Laura S.
