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Donald F. Holcomb

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that same year. In 1964, Holcomb became the third director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics. In his career, Holcomb spent some time abroad. He received a
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Donald F. Holcomb's acceptance speech for the 1996 Oersted Medal presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers, 16 January 1996".
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in 1996, a year after his retirement from Cornell. He died at home in
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Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, 1964/1965
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Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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from 1955 to 1957, was named a NATO senior visiting fellow at the
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Presidents of the American Association of Physics Teachers
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
38:, completing a Ph.D. in 1954. He began teaching at 250:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni 118: 116: 114: 103:Trustees, Cornell University Board of (1965). 8: 210:United States Navy personnel of World War II 66:in 1978. He was granted fellowship into the 34:in 1949, Holcomb pursued graduate study at 36:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 230:Fellows of the American Physical Society 76:American Association of Physics Teachers 95: 7: 123:Fleischman, Tom (August 16, 2018). 14: 240:People from Wood River, Illinois 205:20th-century American physicists 235:People from Chesterton, Indiana 86:, on August 9, 2018, aged 92. 1: 149:Holcomb, Donald F. (1996). " 155:American Journal of Physics 276: 255:United States Navy sailors 215:Cornell University faculty 68:American Physical Society 64:University of St. Andrews 44:Sloan Research Fellowship 220:DePauw University alumni 60:Science Research Council 107:(Report). p. 4934. 245:Sloan Research Fellows 54:in 1968 while at the 78:awarded Holcomb its 28:Wood River, Illinois 17:Donald Frank Holcomb 167:1996AmJPh..64..690H 62:visiting fellow at 24:Chesterton, Indiana 56:University of Kent 48:University of Oslo 40:Cornell University 52:Guggenheim fellow 32:DePauw University 267: 179: 178: 146: 140: 139: 137: 135: 129:Cornell Chroncle 120: 109: 108: 100: 84:Ithaca, New York 275: 274: 270: 269: 268: 266: 265: 264: 185: 184: 183: 182: 175:10.1119/1.18233 148: 147: 143: 133: 131: 122: 121: 112: 102: 101: 97: 92: 12: 11: 5: 273: 271: 263: 262: 257: 252: 247: 242: 237: 232: 227: 222: 217: 212: 207: 202: 197: 187: 186: 181: 180: 161:(6): 690–693. 141: 110: 94: 93: 91: 88: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 272: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 236: 233: 231: 228: 226: 223: 221: 218: 216: 213: 211: 208: 206: 203: 201: 198: 196: 193: 192: 190: 176: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 152: 145: 142: 130: 126: 119: 117: 115: 111: 106: 99: 96: 89: 87: 85: 81: 80:Oersted Medal 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 20: 18: 158: 154: 151:Beyond F=ma, 150: 144: 132:. Retrieved 128: 98: 21: 16: 15: 200:2018 deaths 195:1925 births 50:in 1962, a 189:Categories 134:August 26, 90:References 70:and the 58:, and a 22:Born in 163:Bibcode 74:. The 136:2018 171:doi 191:: 169:. 159:64 157:. 127:. 113:^ 177:. 173:: 165:: 138:.

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Chesterton, Indiana
Wood River, Illinois
DePauw University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cornell University
Sloan Research Fellowship
University of Oslo
Guggenheim fellow
University of Kent
Science Research Council
University of St. Andrews
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Physics Teachers
Oersted Medal
Ithaca, New York
Proceedings of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, 1964/1965



"Donald Holcomb, emeritus physics professor, dies at 92"
Bibcode
1996AmJPh..64..690H
doi
10.1119/1.18233
Categories
1925 births
2018 deaths
20th-century American physicists
United States Navy personnel of World War II

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