Background
Ramsey,, Norman Foster was born on August 27, 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Norman F. and Minna (Bauer) Ramsey.
Ramsey,, Norman Foster was born on August 27, 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Norman F. and Minna (Bauer) Ramsey.
AB, Columbia University, New York City, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1940. Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1937.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1941. Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, England, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2006.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947. Doctor of Science (honorary), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), Middlebury College, Vermont, 1969.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Oxford University, England, 1973. Data Control Language (honorary), Oxford University, England, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rockefeller University, 1986.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1989. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Sussex, 1990. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Houston, 1991.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), Lake Forest College, Illinois, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Michigan, 1993.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Philadelphia College Pharmacy & Science, 1995. Doctor of Science (honorary), Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1998. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Stony, Brook, 2008.
Kellett fellow Columbia University, 1935—1937, Tyndall fellow, 1938—1939. Carnegie fellow Carnegie Institute Washington, 1939—1940. Associate University Illinois, 1940—1942.
Assistant professor Columbia University, 1942—1946. Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, 1940—1943. Consultant National Defense Research Committee, 1940—1945.
Expert consultant secretary of war, 1942—1945. Group leader, associate division head Los Alamos Laboratory, 1943—1945. Associate professor Columbia University, 1945—1947.
Head physics department Brookhaven National Laboratory of Atomic Energy Commission, 1946—1947. Associate professor physics Harvard University, 1947—1950, professor physics, 1950—1966, Higgins professor physics, 1966—1986, Higgins professor emeritus, since 1986. Senior fellow Harvard Society Fellows, since 1970.
Eastman professor Oxford University, 1973—1974. Luce professor cosmology Mount Holyoke College, 1982—1983. Professor University Virginia, 1983—1984.
Director Harvard Nuclear Laboratory, 1948—1950, 1952—1953, Varlan Associates, 1963—1966. Member Air Forces Science Advisory Committee, 1947—1954. Science advisor North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1958—1959.
Member Department Defense Panel Atomic Energy. Executive committee Cambridge Electron Accelerator. General advisory committee Atomic Energy Commission.
Trustee Associate Universities, Inc., Brookhaven National Laboratory, Carnegie Endowment International Peace, 1962—1985, Rockefeller University, 1977—1990. President Universities Research Associates, Inc., 1966—1972, 1973—1981, president emeritus, since 1981. Fellow: American Physical Society (council 1956-1960, president 1978-1979, Davisson-Germer prize 1974), American Academy of Sciences.
Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman physics section 1977), National Academy of Sciences, American Institute Physics (chairman board governors 1980-1987), American Philosophical Association, French Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa (senator 1979-1988, vice president 1982-1985).
Married Elinor Jameson, June 3, 1940 (deceased December 1983). Children: Margaret, Patricia, Janet, Winifred. Married Ellie Welch, May 11, 1985.