David Schramm
- Born: October 25, 1945 (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Died: December 19, 1997 (Colorado)
Education
- 1967: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1971: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1972–1974: University of Texas, Austin, Assistant Professor
- 1974–1976: University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Astrophysics
- 1977–1982: University of Chicago, Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
- 1982–1997: University of Chicago, Louis Block Professor of Physical Sciences
Other Positions
- 1972–1972: University of Cambridge, Visiting Fellow, Institute for Astronomy
- 1977–1977: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Visiting Professor
- 1978–1984: University of Chicago, Chair, Department of Astrophysics
- 1984–1997: University of Chicago, Member, Committee for the Conceptual Foundations of Science
- 1985–1985: Carnegie Mellon University, Distinguished Visiting Scientist
- 1992–1992: University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Professor, Miller Institute
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1974–1978: Consultant, Aerospace Corporation
- 1975–1997: Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 1978–1981: Associate Editor, American Journal of Physics
- 1982–1997: Consultant, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 1992–1997: Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1981–1997: Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Utah
- 1992–1997: Chair, Board of Trustees, Aspen Center for Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1986: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1993: American Physical Society, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize
Archival Resources
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center, Chicago, Illinois
Online Finding Aid
Published Resources
Michael S. Turner, "David Norman Schramm: 1945-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
