Background
DICKE, Robert Henry was born on May 6, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Oscar H. and Flora P. Dicke.
DICKE, Robert Henry was born on May 6, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Oscar H. and Flora P. Dicke.
AB, Princeton University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1941. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Rochester, 1981.
Honorary Doctor of Science, University Edinburgh, 1972. Honorary Doctor of Science, Ohio Northern University, 1981. Doctor of Science. (honorary), Princeton University, 1989.
Microwave radar development, Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1946;
physics faculty, Princeton University, 1946-1997;
Cyrus Fogg Brackett professor physics, Princeton University, 1957-1975;
Albert Einstein professor science, Princeton University, 1975-1984;
Albert Einstein professor science emeritus, Princeton University, 1984-1997;
chairman physics department, Princeton University, 1967-1970. Member of advisory panel for physics National Science Foundation, 1959-1961. Chairman advising committee atomic physics National Bureau Standards, 1961-1963.
Member commission on physics National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963-1970,chairman, 1963-1966. Chairman physics advisory panel Committee on International Exchange of Persons (Fulbright-Hays Act), 1964-1966. Chairman advising committee on radio astronomy telescopes National Science Foundation, 1967, 69.
Member National Science Board, 1970-1976. Visiting committee National Bureau Standards, 1975-1979, chairman, 1979. Visiting professor Harvard University,1954-1955, Institute Advanced Study, 1970-1971.
Sherman Fairchild Distinguished scholar California Institute Technology, 1975. Walker Ames professor of University Washington, Seattle,1979. Jaynes lecturer American Philosophical Society, 1969.
Scott lecturer Cambridge U. (England), 1977.
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Trustee Associate Universities Inc., 1980-1988. Member National Academy of Sciences (Comstock prize 1973), American Philosophical Society, American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society (Beatrice M. Tinsley prize 1992), American Academy Arts and Sciences (Rumford medal 1967), Royal Astronomical Society (associate).
Son of Oscar H. and Flora (Peterson) D. M. Annie Henderson Currie, June 6, 1942. Children: Nancy Jean Dicke Rapoport, John Robert, James Howard.