Background
BACHER, Robert was born on August 31, 1905 in Loudonville, Ohio, United States. Son of Harry and Byrl (nee Fox) Bacher.
BACHER, Robert was born on August 31, 1905 in Loudonville, Ohio, United States. Son of Harry and Byrl (nee Fox) Bacher.
Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1926. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1930. Doctor of Science, University Michigan, 1948.
Doctor of Laws, Claremont Graduate School, 1975.
National Research Council fellow California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1930-1931, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1931-1932. Alfred Lloyd fellow University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1932-1933. Instructor Columbia University, New York City, 1934-1935.
Instructor to professor physics Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1935-1949, director Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, 1946. With Radiation Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1943. Laboratory head experimental physics division Manhattan Project Los Alamos Laboratory, 1943-1944, head bomb physics division, 1944-1945.
Professor physics California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1949-1976, chairman division physics, mathematics and astronomy, 1949-1962, director Norman Bridge Lab, 1949-1962, provost, 1962—1969, vice president, provost, 1969-1970, professor physics emeritus, 1976—2004. Consultant Department State. Science advisor Bernard M. Baruch, United States Republican to United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, 1946.
Member United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1949. Member President's Science Advisory Committee, 1953-1955, member and vice chairman, 1957-1960. Member Naval Research Advisory Committee, 1957-1962, United States Delegation to Nuclear Test Ban Negotiations, 1958, committees and panels for Department State, Department Defense, Atomic Energy Commission, and others.
Trustee Rand Corporation, 1950-1960. Trustee Universities Research Association, Inc., 1965-1975, chairman, 1970-1973, president, 1973-1974.
Trustee Associate Universities, Inc., 1946, 62-66, Atoms for Peace Awards, 1955-1970, Carnegie Corporation, 1959-1976. Board fellows Claremont University Center, since 1971. Trustee Institute for Defense Analyses, 1962-1971, Harvey Mudd College, 1960-1962, Power Reactor Development Corporation, 1956-1972.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, American Physical Society (president 1964), National Academy of Sciences, International Union Pure and Applied Physics (1st vice president 1966-1969, president 1969-1972, chairman United States national committee 1967-1973), International Council of Science Unions (governing board 1962-1964), Sigma Xi, Kappa Sigma Clubs: Cosmos (Washington). Sunset (Los Angeles). Twilight (Pasadena); LaCumbre Golf and Country (Santa Barbara).
Married Jean Dow, May 30, 1930 (deceased). Children– Martha Eaton, Andrew Dow.