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Donald A. Glaser

Donald A. GlaserAKA Donald Arthur Glaser

Born: 21-Sep-1926
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of the bubble chamber

Father: William J. Glaser (businessman)
Mother: Lena
Wife: Ruth Bonnie Thompson (m. 1960, one son, one daughter)

    University: BS Physics and Mathematics, Case Institute of Technology (1946)
    University: PhD, California Institute of Technology (1949)
    Professor: Physics, University of Michigan (1949-59)
    Professor: Physics, University of California at Berkeley (1959-64)
    Professor: Physics and Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley (1964-)

    Exploratorium
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2003
    America Coming Together
    Dean for America
    Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
    Hillary Clinton for President
    JASON
    Obama for Illinois
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    Nobel Prize for Physics 1960
    Guggenheim Fellowship 1961


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