Penzias, Arno A.
Variant namesAstrophysicist.
From the description of Papers of Arno A. Penzias. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208767
Biographical Note
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1933, April 26:
Born, Munich, Germany -
1939:
Fled with family from Germany to England -
1940:
Immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in New York, N.Y. -
1946:
Became a naturalized citizen of the United States -
1954:
B.S., College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. Married Anne Pearl Barras -
1954 -1956 :Radar officer, Army Signal Corps -
1956 -1958 :Research assistant, Columbia Radiation Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. -
1958:
M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. -
1961:
Started thirty-seven year career at Bell Laboratories and its successor Lucent Technologies -
1962:
Ph.D. in physics, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. -
1964:
Discovered with Robert W. Wilson uniform microwave radiation emanating from all directions in the universe, documenting the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe -
1972 -1976 :Director, Radio Research Laboratories, Bell Laboratories -
1978:
Awarded with Robert W. Wilson the Nobel Prize for Physics -
1981 -1995 :Vice president for research, Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies -
1989:
Published Ideas and Information: Managing in a High-Tech World. New York: Norton -
1995:
Published Harmony: Business, Technology & Life after Paperwork. New York: HarperBusiness -
1995 -1998 :Vice president and chief scientist, AT &T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories Innovations -
1998:
Retired from Lucent Technologies and became a venture partner with New Enterprise Associates
From the guide to the Arno A. Penzias Papers, 1931-2006, (bulk 1963-1998), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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referencedIn | Wilkinson, David T. Oral history interview with David Todd Wilkinson, 1984 September 27. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
creatorOf | Arno A. Penzias Papers, 1931-2006, (bulk 1963-1998) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Herbert Friedman Papers, 1940-2000 | American Philosophical Society | |
referencedIn | Alpher, Ralph. Oral history interview with Ralph Alpher and a joint interview with Robert Herman, 1983 August 11 and 12. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
creatorOf | Ferris, Timothy. Interviews conducted for book, THE RED LIMIT, 1974-1976. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library |
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associatedWith | Alpher, Ralph. | person |
correspondedWith | Ash, E. A. | person |
associatedWith | Bell Telephone Laboratories. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Block, David | person |
correspondedWith | Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry) | person |
correspondedWith | Encrenaz, Pierre J. | person |
associatedWith | Ferris, Timothy. | person |
correspondedWith | Fleury, Paul A. | person |
correspondedWith | Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000 | person |
correspondedWith | Gamow, George, 1904-1968 | person |
correspondedWith | Gazalé, Midhat J., 1929- | person |
correspondedWith | Gilder, George F., 1939- | person |
correspondedWith | Herman, Robert, 1914- | person |
correspondedWith | Inose, Hiroshi, 1927- | person |
correspondedWith | Julesz, Bela | person |
associatedWith | Lucent Technologies (Firm) | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Morrison, Philip | person |
correspondedWith | Nachtigall, Dieter, 1927- | person |
correspondedWith | Peebles, P. J. E. (Phillip James Edwin) | person |
correspondedWith | Queisser, Hans J., 1931- | person |
correspondedWith | Radner, Roy, 1927- | person |
correspondedWith | Shoji, Masakazu, 1936- | person |
correspondedWith | Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997 | person |
correspondedWith | Stibitz, George R. (George Robert), 1904-1995 | person |
correspondedWith | Townes, Charles H. | person |
correspondedWith | Uenohara, Michiyuki, 1925-2007 | person |
correspondedWith | Weinberg, Steven, 1933- | person |
associatedWith | Wilkinson, David T. | person |
associatedWith | Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936- | person |
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