Background
Lamb, Willis Eugene was born on July 12, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Willis Eugene and Marie Helen (Metcalf) Lamb.
Lamb, Willis Eugene was born on July 12, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Willis Eugene and Marie Helen (Metcalf) Lamb.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1934; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1938; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1953; Doctor of Science (honorary), Gustavus Adolphus College, 1975; Doctor of Science (honorary), Columbia University, 1990; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1956; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale, 1961; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yeshiva U., 1965; Dr.rer.nat (honorary), University Ulm., Germany, 1997.
Member of faculty, Columbia University, 1938-1952;
professor physics, Columbia University, 1948-1952;
professor physics, Stanford University, 1951-1956;
Wykeham professor physics and fellow, New College, University of Oxford, 1956-1962;
Henry Ford 2d professor physics, Yale University, 1962-1972;
J. Willard Gibbs professor physics, Yale University, 1972-1974;
professor physics and optical science, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1974;
Regents professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1990. Morris Loeb lecturer Harvard University, 1953-1954. Gordon Shrum lecturer Simon Fraser U., 1972.
Consultant Philips laboratories, Bell Telephone laboratories, Perkin-Elmer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Fellow American Physical Society, New York Academy Sciences. Honorary fellow Institute Physics and Physical Society (Guthrie lecturer 1958), Royal Society Edinburgh (foreign member);member National Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Ursula Schaefer, June 5, 1939 (deceased August 1996). Married Bruria Kaufman, November 29, 1996.
