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Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology

  • (1942) Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University
  • (1939) B.S. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grants

  • NSF Grant for Quantum Electrodynamics Research
  • ONR Contract for Parallel Computing Research
  • DOE Grant for Parton Model Development

Awards

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1965)
  • Albert Einstein Award (1954)
  • E.O. Lawrence Award (1962)
  • Oersted Medal, AAPT (1972)
  • National Medal of Science (1979)

Students and Mentoring

  • Albert Hibbs, Caltech (Ph.D., 1955)
  • George Zweig, Caltech (Ph.D., 1964)
  • Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz, Cornell (Ph.D., 1951)
  • Thomas Curtright, Caltech (Ph.D., 1977)
  • William Frazer, Caltech (Ph.D., 1958)
  • Robert Hellwarth, Caltech (Ph.D., 1956)

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