Background
Hofstadter, Robert was born on February 5, 1915 in New York City. Son of Louis and Henrietta (Koenigsberg) Hofstadter.
Hofstadter, Robert was born on February 5, 1915 in New York City. Son of Louis and Henrietta (Koenigsberg) Hofstadter.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude (Kenyon prize), College City New York, 1935. Master of Arts (Procter fellow), Princeton University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1938.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), City University New York, 1961. Doctor of Science(honorary), Gustavus Adolphus College, 1963. Laureate Honoris Causa(honorary), University Padua, 1965.
Doctor of Science(honorary), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1967. Doctor of Science(honorary), Seoul National University, 1967. DHC(honorary), University Clermont-Ferrand, 1967.
Doctor Rerum Naturalium honoris causa(honorary), Julius Maximilians University, Würzburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1982. Doctor Rerum Naturalium honoris causa(honorary), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Federal Republic Germany, 1983. Doctor of Science(honorary), Israel Institute of Technology, 1985.
Coffin fellow, General Electric Company, 1935-1936; Harrison fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1939; instructor physics, Princeton University, 1940-1941; instructor physics, City College of New York, 1941-1942; physicist, Norden Laboratory Corporation, 1943-1946; assistant professor physics, Princeton University, 1946-1950; associate professor physics, Stanford University, 1950-1954; professor, Stanford University, 1954-1985; Max H. Stein professor physics, Stanford University, 1971-1985; professor emeritus, Stanford University, 1985-1990; director high energy physics laboratory, Stanford University, 1967-1974; director, John Fluke Manufacturing Company, 1979-1988.
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Past board governors Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Weizmann Institute of Science. Fellow: Physical Society London, American Physical Society. Member: National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Nancy Givan Hofstadter, May 9, 1942. Children: Douglas Richard, Laura James, Mary Hinda.