Kittel, Charles, 1916-

Charles Kittel is an Emeritus Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley (1978-present). Other institutional affiliations include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the United States Navy, and Bell Laboratories. He is well-known for writing the book entitled "Introduction to Solid State Physics."

July 18, 1916
Birth, New York (N.Y.).

1934 – 1936
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), no degree received, Cambridge (Mass.).

1938
Obtained BA, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).

1940 – 1945
Research Physicist, Naval Ordnance Laboratory (1940-1942); Member, Operations Research Group (1942-1945); Head, Submarine Operations Research Group, Operations Research Group (1943-1945); and Member, Technical Section, U. S. Naval Attaché (1945), United States Navy, Washington (D.C.).

1941
Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).

1945 – 1947
Research Associate Physicist, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

1947 – 1951
Research Physicist, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1951 – present
Professor of Physics (1951-1978) and Emeritus Professor of Physics (1978-present), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1957
Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.

1957
Member, National Academy of Sciences.