Philip Anderson
- Born: December 13, 1923 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Education
- 1943: BS, Harvard University
- 1947: MA, Harvard University
- 1949: PhD, Harvard University
Major Positions
- 1949–1967: Bell Laboratories, Member, Technical Staff
- 1967–1975: Cambrige University, Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1975–1997: Princeton University, Joseph Henry Professor of Physics
- 1997–present: Princeton University, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1943–1945: United States Navy, Researcher, Naval Research Laboratory
- 1959–1961: Bell Laboratories, Chair, Theoretical Physics Department
- 1961–1962: Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow, Churchill College
- 1974–1976: Bell Laboratories, Assistant Director, Physical Research Laboratory
- 1993–1994: Oxford University, George Eastman Professor of Physics, Balliol College
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1969–1975: Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge University
- 1976–1979: Member, Council, National Academy of Sciences
- 1976–1984: Consulting Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Bell Laboratories
- 1982–1985: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1982–1986: Chair, Board of Trustees, Aspen Center for Physics
- 1985–present: External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
- 1985–2001: Vice Chair, Science Board, Santa Fe Institute
- 1985–present: Member, Science Board, Santa Fe Institute
- 1989–1997: Member, Steering Committee, Santa Fe Institute
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1963: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member
- 1964: American Physical Society, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
- 1967: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1977: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1982: National Medal of Science
Oral History Interviews
- 1987: Available Online
- 1988: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- 1999: Available Online
- 1999: American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
P. W. Anderson, A Career in Theoretical Physics (River Edge, NJ: World Scientific, 1994)
P. W. Anderson, "BCS: The Scientific 'Love of My Life'," in BCS: 50 Years, ed. Leon N. Cooper and Dmitri Feldman (Singapore: World Scientific: 2011), 127-144
