Background
Langmuir, Robert Vose was born on December 20, 1912 in White Plains, New York, United States.
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Robert Vose Langmuir
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AB, Harvard University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1943.
Career
Research physicist, Consolidated Engineering, Pasadena, California, 1940-1942; research physicist, General Electric, Schnectady, New York, 1942-1948; assistant professor physics, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1950-1953; associate professor electrical engineering, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1952-1957; professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1957-1980; head department, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1960-1970; professor emeritus, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1980. Consultant Conference Engineering Company, Pasadena, 1952-1955, TRW, Redondo Beach, California, 1956-1965.
Membership
Fellow American Physics Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life).
Connections
Son of Dean and Ethel (Ivimey) L. Divorced; children: Alan Dean, Ann Curtis Kellam.
