Melvin Schwartz 1932-2006

Professional and Biographical Information

• B.A. Columbia University 1953
• Ph.D. Columbia University 1958
• Columbia University
  • Assistant Professor, Physics 1958-1960
  • Associate Professor, Physics 1960-1963
  • Professor, Physics 1963-1966; 1991-1994
  • I. I. Rabi Professor of Physics 1994-2000; Emeritus 2000-2006
• Professor, Physics Stanford University 1966-1983
• Founder and President, Digital Pathways, 1970-1991
• Associate Director of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory 1991-1994
• Stanford University profile
• Nobel Prize profile
• New York Times obituary
• BNL obituary
• Physics Today / AIP biography
• Bronx High School of Science Alumni Profile

Honors and Awards

• Nobel Prize in Physics 1988
• Member, National Academy of Sciences 1975

Publications

• Classical Dynamics, 1972
• inSPIRE-HEP

Archival Materials

• Mel Schwartz papers held by the SLAC Archives, History & Records Office are currently being processed, and are not yet open for research. SLAC staff may access descriptions of his papers by clicking this link and entering Schwartz in the search box at the upper right on that page.
• Columbia University Archives holdings