Background
CHAMBERLAIN, Owen was born on July 10, 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edward and Genevieve Lucinda (Owen) Chamberlain.
CHAMBERLAIN, Owen was born on July 10, 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Edward and Genevieve Lucinda (Owen) Chamberlain.
Germantown Friends School, Dartmouth College, and University of Chicago. (under Enrico Fermi) University of Chicago 1946-1948.
Assistant Professor 195054, Association Professor 1954-1958, Professor 1958-1989, Professor Emeritus since 1989. On leave at University of Rome as Guggenheim Fellow 1957-1958. Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University 1959.
Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Has specialized in research in spontaneous fission, proton scattering, discovery of antiproton, properties of antinucleons, et cetera Shared Nobel.
Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society. Member: National Academy of Sciences, Berkeley Fellows.
Married Babette Copper, 1943 (divorced 1978). 4 children; married June Steingart, 1980 (deceased ). Married Senta Pugh, 1998.