Robert Serber
- Born: March 14, 1909 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Died: June 1, 1997 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1930: BS, Lehigh University
- 1934: PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1934–1936: University of California, Berkeley, NRC Fellow in Physics
- 1936–1938: University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate
- 1938–1945: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- 1945–1951: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
- 1951–1977: Columbia University, Professor of Physics
- 1977–1997: Columbia University, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1942–1943: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Researcher
- 1943–1945: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, Diffusion Theory Group
- 1945–1945: Manhattan Project, Tinian Island, Special Consultant
- 1971–1971: American Physical Society, President
- 1975–1976: Columbia University, Chair, Department of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1946–1951: Consultant, Douglas Aircraft Company
- 1967–1972: Member, Advisory Committee, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 1974–1981: Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1978–1982: Member, Advisory Committee, Meson Physics Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Selected Awards and Honors
Oral History Interviews
- 1967: Available Online
- 1983: Available Online
- 1996: Available Online
Published Resources
Robert P. Crease, "Robert Serber: 1909-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Robert Serber with Robert P. Crease, Peace and War: Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998)
Robert Serber, "Particle Physics in the 1930s: A View from Berkeley," in The Birth of Particle Physics, ed. Laurie M. Brown and Lillian Hoddeson (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1983), 206-221
Robert Serber, "Peaceful Pastimes, 1930-1950," Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 44 (1994): 1-26
