J. Robert Schrieffer
- Born: May 31, 1931 (Oak Park, Illinois)
Education
- 1953: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1954: MS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- 1957: PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1957–1958: University of Birmingham and Institute of Theoretical Physics, Cophenhagen, NSF Fellow
- 1957–1960: University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1959–1962: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1962–1964: University of Pennsylvania, Professor
- 1964–1979: University of Pennsylvania, Mary Amanda Wood Professor
- 1980–1984: University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor
- 1984–1997: University of California, Santa Barbara, Chancellor Professor
- 1992–2006: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Chief Scientist
- 2006–present: Florida State University, Professor Emeritus and Eminent Scholar
Other Positions
- 1984–1989: University of California, Santa Barbara, Director, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 1984–1991: University of California, Santa Barbara, Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 1992–2006: Florida State University, University Eminent Scholar Professor
- 1996–1996: American Physical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1967–1973: Andrew A. White Professor at Large, Cornell University
- 1979–1982: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1979–2006: Faculty Fellow, Exxon Corporation
- 1980–1981: Chair, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1991–2006: Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1968: American Physical Society, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
- 1971: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1972: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1983: National Medal of Science
Oral History Interviews
- 1976: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
J. R. Schrieffer, "The Road to BCS," in BCS: 50 Years, ed. Leon N. Cooper and Dmitri Feldman (Singapore: World Scientific: 2011), 21-32
