Background
Hoddeson, Lillian was born on December 20, 1940 in New York City. Daughter of Jacob and Lieselotte (Bruck) Hartmann.
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Lillian Hoddeson
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Lillian Hoddeson, American Modern physics historian, researcher, educator. Grantee National Science Foundation, 1967-1960, 74, 81-84, 89-95, Bell laboratories, 1974-1975, Sloan Foundation, 1980, 92-95, Department Energy, 1981-1984, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1984-1988, numerous others; fellow American Council Learned Socs., 1974-1975, RutgersU., 1975.
Education
Student, Brandeis U., 1957-1958; Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Barnard College Columbia University, 1961; Master of Arts in Physics, Columbia University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Columbia University, 1966.
Career
Research physicist, Science Curriculum Improvement Study, Berkeley, California, 1965-1966;
instructor, Bronx (New York) Community College, 1966-1967;
assistant professor physics Barnard College,, Columbia University, New York City, 1967-1970;
assistant professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1971-1977;
visiting scientist, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977;
senior research physicist, University of Illinois, Urbana
associate professor of history Department, University Illinois, Urbana, since 1989;
principal historian Bardeen biography project, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1991;
historian, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, since 1978. Visiting fellow Princeton University, 1974-1975. Visiting scholar Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 1976, Nagoya (Japan) U., 1979, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980.
Principal historian history project LosAlamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1984. Organizer, co-organizer symposium and conferences in field. Research director American section International Project on History Solid State Physics, since 1981.
Conductor over 400 oral history interviewswith scientists, since 1974. Numerous others.
Achievements
Membership
Member History Science Society, American Association Physics Teachers, Society for History Technology, American Physical Society.
Connections
Married Gordon Baym, 1981 (divorced 1992). Children: Michael Hartmann, Carol Lis.
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American
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Grantee National Science Foundation, 1967-1960, 74, 81-84, 89-95, Bell laboratories, 1974-1975, Sloan Foundation, 1980, 92-95, Department Energy, 1981-1984, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1984-1988, numerous others. Fellow American Council Learned Socs., 1974-1975, RutgersU., 1975.Grantee National Science Foundation, 1967-1960, 74, 81-84, 89-95, Bell laboratories, 1974-1975, Sloan Foundation, 1980, 92-95, Department Energy, 1981-1984, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1984-1988, numerous others. Fellow American Council Learned Socs., 1974-1975, RutgersU., 1975.