AKA Arno Allan Penzias

Born: 26-Apr-1933
Birthplace: Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Detected primordial radiation

Military service: US Army (Signal Corps, two years)

Wife: (married)

    University: BS Physics, City College of New York (1954)
    University: MA Physics, Columbia University (1958)
    University: PhD Physics, Columbia University (1962)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1978 (with Robert Woodrow Wilson and Pyotr Kapitsa)
    Henry Draper Medal 1977 (with Robert Woodrow Wilson)
    Bell Laboratories (1962-98)
    Exploratorium
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Physical Society
    Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
    Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
    Friends of Joe Lieberman
    Gore 2000
    National Academy of Sciences
    IEEE 1990

Author of books:
Ideas and Information (1989)

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