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Willis Lamb

Willis Lamb

July 12, 1913 –May 15, 2008

Physicist, University teacher

Lived 94 years

Born in
Los Angeles
Passed away in
Tucson

Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom, known as the Lamb shift. For this work, Lamb shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Polykarp Kusch. He was a professor at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.

Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science, Rumford Prize, Einstein Prize for Laser Science, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Optical Society, Guthrie Lecture, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Yeshiva University Education: University of California, Berkeley, Los Angeles High School

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Lamb