Background

Pound, Robert Vivian was born on May 16, 1919 in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1932. Son of Vivian Ellsworth and Gertrude C. (Prout) Pound.

Education

Bachelor, University Buffalo, 1941. AM (honorary), Harvard College, 1950. Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Buffalo, 1994.

Career

Research physicist, Submarine Signal Company, 1941-1942; staff member Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942-1946; Society Fellows junior fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1945-1948; assistant professor physics, Harvard College, Cambridge, 1948-1950; associate professor, Harvard College, Cambridge, 1950-1956; professor, Harvard College, Cambridge, 1956-1968; department chairman physics, 1968-1972; Mallinckrodt professor physics, 1968-1989; emeritus, since 1989; director Physics Laboratory, Havard U., Cambridge, 1975-1983. Fulbright research scholar Oxford (England) University, 1951, visiting research fellow Merton College, 1980. Fulbright lecturer, Paris, 1958.

Visiting professor College de France, 1973. Visiting fellow Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics, U. Colorado, 1979-1980. Zernike visiting professor U. Groningen, The Netherlands, 1982.

Visiting senior scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1986-1987. Visiting professor U. Florida, 1987. W.G. Brickwedde lecturer Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1992.

Julian Mack lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1992.

Achievements

• Robert Vivian Pound has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Associated Universities, Inc., 1976—2010. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society. Member: National Academy of Sciences, French Physical Society (member coun.

1958-1961), French Academy of Sciences (associate. Foreign), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Betty Yde Andersen, June 20, 1941. 1 child John Andrew.

Father:

Vivian Ellsworth Pound

Mother:

Gertrude C. (Prout) Pound

Spouse:

Betty Yde Andersen

child:

John Andrew Pound