Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973

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Eckart, Carl Henry, 1902-1973

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Ėkkart, Karl

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Physicist and oceanographer (quantum mechanics, atomic physics, underwater acoustics, geophysical hydrodynamics); professor of geophysics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); first director of the UCSD Marine Physical Laboratory; director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1948-1950). Died 1973.

From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306129

Physicist, oceanographer, and educator. Died 1973.

From the description of Papers of Carl Eckart, 1921-1973 (bulk 1935-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070710

Died in 1973.

From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Henry Eckart, 1962 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82445524

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1902, May 4 Born, St. Louis, Mo. 1923 1925 Ph.D. in physics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1926 Married Edith Louise Frazee (divorced 1948) 1927 1928 Studied in Berlin, Germany, as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow 1928 1946 Professor of physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1934 1935 Sabbatical to attend Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University (also in 1952-1953 and 1960-1961) 1942 1946 Assistant (and eventually director), War Research Division, University of California, San Diego, Calif. 1946 1952 Director, Marine Physical Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, Calif. 1946 1971 Professor of geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Calif. 1952 Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences 1958 Married Klara Dan Von Neumann (died 1963) 1960 Hydrodynamics of Oceans and Atmospheres (Oxford: Pergamon Press. 290 pp.) 1965 1967 Vice-chancellor for academic affairs, University of California, San Diego, Calif. 1966 Awarded Alexander Agassiz Medal by National Academy of Sciences for contributions to oceanography 1972 Awarded William Bowie Medal by American Geophysical Union for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics 1973, Oct. 23 Died, La Jolla, Calif. From the guide to the Carl Eckart Papers, 1921-1973, (bulk 1935-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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