Background
Havas, Peter was born on March 29, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1948. Son of George G. and Irene (Harmos) Havas.
Havas, Peter was born on March 29, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1948. Son of George G. and Irene (Harmos) Havas.
Student, University Vienna, Austria, 1938. Absolutorium, Technische Hochschule, Vienna, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1944.
Research assistant in mass spectroscopy, U. Vienna, 1937-1938;
research fellow, Institut de Physique Atomique, Lyon, France, 1938-1941;
lecturer in physics, Columbia University, New York City, 1941-1945;
instructor physics, Cornell Univercity, 1945-1946;
assistant professor physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1946-1949;
associate professor, 1949-1954;
professor, 1954-1965;
professor physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1965-1981;
professor emeritus, since 1981. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953-1954, Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 1954, Argonne National Laboratory, 1958. Visiting professor U. Göttingen, Germany, 1973.
Adjunct Professor physics University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1988, Utah State University, 1987-1990.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Society General Relativity and Gravitation (international committee 1980-1989), Academy of Sciences at Philadelphia (board directors 1983-2004).
Married Helga Francis Höllering. Children: Eva Catherine, Stephen Walter.