Vernon Hughes
- Born: May 28, 1921 (Kankakee, Illinois)
- Died: March 25, 2003 (New Haven, Connecticut)
Education
- 1941: AB, Columbia University
- 1942: MS, California Institute of Technology
- 1950: PhD, Columbia University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1949–1952: Columbia University, Lecturer in Physics
- 1952–1954: University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1954–1969: Yale University, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1969–1978: Yale University, Donner Professor
- 1978–1991: Yale University, Sterling Professor of Physics
- 1991–2003: Yale University, Sterling Professor of Physics Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1942–1946: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1961–1969: Yale University, Chair, Department of Physics
- 1978–1979: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Professor
- 1984–1984: Columbia University, Visiting I. I. Rabi Professor
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1968–1974: Member, Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy
- 1970–1974: Member, Council, American Physical Society
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1967: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1978: American Physical Society, Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
- 1990: American Physical Society, Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics
Published Resources
Robert K. Adair, "Vernon Willard Hughes: 1921-2003", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
