Charles Lauritsen
- Born: April 4, 1892 (Holstebro, Denmark)
- Died: April 13, 1968
Education
- 1911: Architecture degree, Odense Technical School
- 1929: PhD, California Institute of Technology
Major Positions
- 1911–1912: Danish infantry, Infantryman
- 1914–1915: Danish infantry, Infantryman
- 1919–1921: Ohio Body and Blower Company, Engineer
- 1921–1923: Federal Telegraph Company, Radio Engineer
- 1923–1926: Kennedy Radio Corporation, Chief Engineer
- 1930–1931: California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1931–1935: California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1935–1962: California Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1962–1968: California Institute of Technology, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1951–1951: American Physical Society, President
- 1940–1942: National Defense Research Committee, Vice Chair, Division A (Armor and Ordnance)
- 1942–1942: Office of Scientific Research and Development, Chair, Division 3, Section L, National Defense Research Committee
- 1950–1951: United States Air Force, Project Vista, California Institute of Technology
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1952–1957: Member, Science Advisory Committee, United States Office of Defense Mobilization
- 1950–1951: Member, Long Range Objectives Panel, Committee on Atomic Energy, Research and Development Board, United States Department of Defense
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1941: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1967: American Physical Society, Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics
Archival Resources
California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives, Pasadena, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1966: Available Online
Published Resources
William A. Fowler, "Charles Christian Lauritsen: 1892-1968", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Charles H. Holbrow, "Charles C. Lauritsen: A Reasonable Man in an Unreasonable World," Physics in Perspective 5 (2003): 419-472
