John L. Hall
- Born: August 21, 1934 (Denver, Colorado)
Education
- 1956: BS, Carnegie Institute of Technology
- 1958: MS, Carnegie Institute of Technology
- 1961: PhD, Carnegie Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1961–1962: National Bureau of Standards, NRC Fellow
- 1962–1971: National Bureau of Standards, Physicist
- 1964–present: National Bureau of Standards and University of Colorado, Boulder, Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA)
- 1971–1988: National Bureau of Standards, Senior Scientist
- 1988–2004: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Senior Scientist
Other Positions
- 1967–present: University of Colorado, Boulder, Lecturer in Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1970–present: Delegate, Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter, Sevres
- 1976–1979: Member, Committee on Fundamental Constants, National Research Council
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1984: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1988: American Physical Society, Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
- 1993: American Physical Society, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
- 2005: Nobel Prize in Physics
