Ugo Fano
- Born: July 28, 1912 (Turin, Italy)
- Died: February 13, 2001 (Chicago, Illinois)
Education
- 1934: ScD, University of Turin (Mathematics)
Major Positions
- 1934–1936: University of Rome, Research Associate in Physics
- 1936–1937: University of Leipzig, Italian Department of Education International Fellow
- 1938–1939: University of Rome, Instructor in Physics
- 1939–1940: Washington Biophysical Institute, Research Associate
- 1940–1941: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Research Fellow in Genetics
- 1942–1943: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Research Associate
- 1943–1945: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Physicist and Mathematician
- 1946–1946: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Research Associate
- 1946–1966: National Bureau of Standards, Physicist
- 1966–1982: University of Chicago, Professor of Physics
- 1982–2001: University of Chicago, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1944–1945: United States Army Ballistics Research Laboratory, Consultant and Ballistician
- 1946–1947: George Washington University, Lecturer
- 1957–1958: George Washington University, Lecturer
- 1963–1964: Catholic University of America, Visiting Professor
- 1972–1974: University of Chicago, Chair, Department of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1976–1978: Chair, Optical Physics Division Panel, National Research Council
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1956: American Physical Society, Fellow
- 1976: American Physical Society, Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
- 1976: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1976: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1995: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award
Archival Resources
University of Chicago, Regenstein Library, Department of Special Collections, Chicago, Illinois
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
R. Stephen Berry, Mitio Inokuti, and A. R. P. Rau, "Ugo Fano: 1912-2001", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
