Biography:Louis B. Slichter

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Louis Byrne Slichter (May 19, 1896 – March 25, 1978) was an American physicist and geophysicist who directed the Institute of Geophysics at UCLA. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Slichter was notable for, among other things, earth tides research,[4] submarine detection,[4] development of three-component short-period seismographs,[4] studies of the earth temperature distribution,[4] and the invention of a number of important geophysical devices.[4] Slichter Foreland peninsula in Antarctica is named after him.[5][6] The Institute of Geophysics building in UCLA where he used to work as a director of the Institute has been named Slichter Hall.[1] He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the chair of the Academy's Geophysics Section.[2] He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[2] a fellow of the American Physical Society,[2] and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[2] The New York Times called Slichter a "widely honored pioneer in the earth sciences".[1] The National Academy of Sciences called him "one of the foremost geophysicists of the twentieth century, an outstanding leader, scholar, and teacher".[2] UCLA called him "the world leader in the analysis of the solid earth tides".[4]

Family

Louis Slichter was the son of the mathematician Charles S. Slichter, brother of economist Sumner Slichter, and uncle of physicist Charles P. Slichter. His sister-in-law was biochemist Mary Van Rensselaer Buell.[7]

Chronology

  • May 19, 1896 born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1917: BA, University of Wisconsin–Madison[2][3]
  • 1920: AM, University of Wisconsin–Madison[2][3]
  • 1922: PhD in Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison[2][3][5]
  • 1932–1945: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Geophysics[2][3]
  • 1944: elected to the National Academy of Sciences[2][3]
  • 1945–1947: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Professor of Geophysics[2][3]
  • 1946 Presidential Certificate of Merit (1946)[2][4]
  • 1946 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship[2][4]
  • 1947 Director of the Institute of Geophysics, Professor of Geophysics, UCLA[1]
  • 1959 an honorary life membership in the Society of Exploration Geophysicists[2]
  • 1960 the Jackling Award of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers[2][4]
  • 1960 the chair of Geophysics Section at the National Academy of Sciences[2]
  • 1963-1978 Professor Emeritus, UCLA[2][3]
  • 1966 Dedication of Slichter Hall at UCLA[4][5]
  • 1967 Honorary D.Sc., University of Wisconsin[2][4][5]
  • 1966 the William Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union[2][4]
  • 1969 Honorary LL.D., UCLA[2][4][5]
  • March 25, 1978 dies Los Angeles Medical Center at UCLA

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