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Vaughn, Michael Thayer was born on August 6, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Michael Thayer Vaughn
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Michael Thayer Vaughn, American Physicist, educator. Achievements include research in calculation of two-loop beta functions for renormalization of general quantum field theory, Z=0 criterionfor compositeness. Science Research Council England fellow, 1979, Science & Engineering Research Council England fellow, 1986. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society.
Education
AB, Columbia University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1960.
Career
Graduate assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1955-1959; research associate, instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1959-1962; assistant professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1962-1964; associate professor, Northeastern U., Boston, 1964-1973; professor, Northeastern U., Boston, since 1973. Visiting scientist Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1967, U. Vienna, Austria, 1970-1971, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1971, U. Southampton, End., 1979, 86, 93.
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Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society.
Connections
Son of Charles Le Clair and Kathleen Inez (Thayer) V. Married Gudrun Royek, September 11, 1971 (deceased May 1984). Married Penelope Eve Reader, July 15, 1988.
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American