Charles Hard Townes

By Rachael Vinzant

Charles Hard Townes

• He was born in Greenville, North Carolina

• He was born on July 28, 1915

• Son of Henry and Ellen Townes

• He attended Greenville public schools

• Later attended Furman University in Greenville

• He graduated from Furman at age 19

• He became interested in physics

• When he was a sophomore in college

• He worked during summer at Furman’s biology camp

• He began studying microwave physics

• Appointed Provost and Professor of Physics at M.I.T.

• in 1966 he became Institute Professor at M.I.T.

• same year resigned from the position of Provost

• He wanted to do more research

Teaching Assignments

• Appointed University Professor at the UC in 1967

• He does teaching, researching and other activities

• National Lecturer for Sigma Xi

• Taught during summer sessions at University of Michigan

Teaching assignments

• and Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Italy

• Scott Lecture at the University of Toronto.

• Invented the laser

Member of:

• member of the National Academy of Sciences

• the National Academy of Engineering

• the Royal Society of London

• And many more

Honors

• Noble prize

• Templeton prize

• 27 honorary degrees

• member, and vice chairman, at Science Advisory Committee

• He now lives in Berkeley, CA.

• He got married in 1941 to Frances Brown

• four daughters, Linda, Ellen, Carla, and Holly

citations

• Laureate, . "Charles H. Townes." noble prize. March 2006. Nobel Web, Web. 22 Feb 2010. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1964/townes-bio.html>.

• "Charles Hard Townes." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 22 Feb. 2010 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/601072/Charles-Hard-Townes>.

Citations

• "Clemson Universtiy." Clemson. 2009. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C., Web. 22 Feb 2010. <http://www.clemson.edu/newsroom/articles/2008/october/townes_bio.php5>.

• "the generous suppotors of M.I.T. team." mit. Web. 23 Feb 2010. <http://grandchallenge.mit.edu/sponsors.shtml>.

Cititations

• "The coucil of independent colleges." artsor. November 2006. Council of Independent Colleges, Web. 22 Feb 2010. <http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=i237>.

• "UCKC-info page." ucsd. Web. 23 Feb 2010. <https://mailman.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/uckc-l>.

Citations

• "university of toronto. jpg." wikimedia. 21 October 2009. Web. 23 Feb 2010. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:University_of_Toronto_courtyard.JPG>.

• "Nobel prize winner 2008." navtejkohli. Navtej Kohli , Web. 23 Feb 2010. <http://www.navtejkohli.com/nobel-prize-2008-winner/>.

citations

• "inventor of laser." cuhk. 18 Aug 2005. Web. 23 Feb 2010. <http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ipro/pressrelease/050818e.htm>.