Background
Fairbank, William Martin was born on February 24, 1917 in Minneapolis. Son of Samuel Ballantine and Helen Leslie (Martin) Fairbank.
Fairbank, William Martin was born on February 24, 1917 in Minneapolis. Son of Samuel Ballantine and Helen Leslie (Martin) Fairbank.
AB, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1939. Honorary Doctor of Science, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1965. Postgraduate fellow, University Washington, 1942.
Master of Science, Yale, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy (Sheffield fellow), Yale, 1948. Doctor of Science, Duke University, 1969.
Doctor of Science, Amherst College, 1972.
Instructor, member of staff Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942-1945; assistant professor physics, Amherst College, 1947-1952; associate professor, Duke U., 1952-1958; professor, Duke U., 1958-1959; professor physics, Stanford University, from 1959; Max H. Stein professor physics, Stanford University, from 1985; professor emeritus, Stanford University.
Board overseers Whitman College. Fellow American Physical Society (Oliver E. Buckley Solid State Physics prize 1963, Research Corporation award 1965). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman physics section 1980-1981), National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Married Jane Davenport, August 16, 1941. Children: William Martin, Robert Harold, Richard Dana.