Lincoln Wolfenstein

Born: February 10, 1923 (Cleveland, Ohio)

Education

1943: BS, University of Chicago
1944: MS, University of Chicago
1949: PhD, University of Chicago (Physics)

Major Positions

1944–1946: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Physicist
1948–1967: Carnegie Institute of Technology, Instructor to Professor of Physics
1967–1978: Carnegie Mellon University, Professor of Physics
1978–present: Carnegie Mellon University, University Professor of Physics

Other Positions

1964–1965: European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), NSF Senior Fellow
1970–1971: University of Michigan, Visiting Professor
1988–1988: California Institute of Technology, Fairchild Visiting Scholar

Selected Part-Time Positions

1974–1977: Member, Physics Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation

Selected Awards and Honors

1978: National Academy of Sciences, Member
1992: American Physical Society, J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics

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