Robert Leighton
- Born: September 10, 1919 (Detroit, Michigan)
- Died: March 9, 1997 (Pasadena, California)
Education
- 1941: BS, California Institute of Technology
- 1944: MS, California Institute of Technology
- 1947: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1947–1949: California Institute of Technology, Research Fellow
- 1949–1985: California Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1985–1986: California Institute of Technology, William L. Valentine Professor of Physics
- 1986–1997: California Institute of Technology, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1943–1945: California Institute of Technology, Researcher
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives, Pasadena, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1977: Available Online
Published Resources
Jesse L. Greenstein, "Robert B. Leighton: 1919-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
