James Hartle

Born: August 20, 1939 (Baltimore, Maryland)

Education

1960: AB, Princeton University
1964: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Physics)

Major Positions

1963–1964: Institute for Advanced Study, Member
1964–1966: Princeton University, Instructor in Physics
1966–1972: University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
1972–present: University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor of Physics
1981–1983: University of Chicago, Professor of Physics

Other Positions

1979–1979: University of Chicago, Visiting Professor
1994–1994: Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Studies, Rothschild Visiting Professor
1994–1994: Cambridge University, G. C. Stenard Visiting Fellow in Mathematics, Gonville and Caius College
1995–1997: University of California, Santa Barbara, Director, Institute for Theoretical Physics

Selected Part-Time Positions

1979–1981: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
1986–1995: Member, International Committee on General Relativity and Gravitation

Selected Awards and Honors

1991: National Academy of Sciences, Member
2009: American Physical Society, Einstein Prize

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