Frederick Seitz

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human physicist science administrator solid-state physicist university president

Frederick Seitz was an influential American physicist and solid-state physics pioneer who served as president of the National Academy of Sciences and Rockefeller University.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
science administrator ⓘ
solid-state physicist ⓘ
university president ⓘ
affiliation National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Rockefeller University ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
awardReceived Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ
Franklin Medal ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Eugene Wigner ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
employer Carnegie Technical Schools ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Institute of Technology

Rockefeller University ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
familyName Reitz ⓘ
surface form: Seitz
fieldOfWork condensed matter physics ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
solid-state physics ⓘ
givenName Frederick ⓘ
influenced development of semiconductor physics ⓘ
influencedBy Eugene Wigner ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableRole leader in postwar American science policy ⓘ
pioneer of modern solid-state theory ⓘ
notableStudent John Bardeen ⓘ
notableWork pioneering contributions to the theory of solids ⓘ
textbook "Solid State Physics" ⓘ
textbook "The Modern Theory of Solids" ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ
positionHeld president of Rockefeller University ⓘ
president of the American Physical Society ⓘ
president of the National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

Urbana, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Urbana, Illinois

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Industrial Research Institute Medal → hasRecipient → Frederick Seitz ⓘ