Phillips, Melba, 1907-2004

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Physicist (educator). Professor of physics, Brooklyn College, 1938-1952; professor of physics, University of Chicago, 1962-1972; president of American Association of Physics Teachers, 1966.

From the description of Correspondence with Karl Kelchner Darrow primarily about program arrangements for joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers 1965-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84273844

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referencedIn Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974. Papers, ca. 1920-1974. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann, 1919-. Oral history interview with Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky, 1973 May 15 to 1974 June 3. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Phillips, Melba, 1907-. Response to early 1930s Ph.D.s Survey, 1978. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn National Broadcasting Company, inc. Final script and draft, lesson 33 "Work and Energy" of Continental Classroom: Physics for the Atomic Age, program on NBC Television, 1958. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Wilson, Robert R., 1914-2000. Robert R. Wilson papers, 1936-2000. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Niels Bohr Library. History of physics manuscript biography collection M-R, 1901-1989, [ca. ca. 1960]-1989 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Robert R. Wilson papers, 1936-2000. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn American Association of Physics Teachers. Records of Paul E. Klopsteg, 1930-1975. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Zemansky, Mark Waldo, 1900-. Mark W. Zemansky commemorative session, American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting, 1982 June 23. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf American Physical Society. Annual Meeting (1974 : Chicago, Ill.). Joint ceremonial session of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers [sound recording] / 1974 February 5. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Phillips, Melba, 1907-. Oral history interview with Melba Newell Phillips, 1977 December 5. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Early 1930s Ph. D.s Project. Responses to Early 1930s Ph. D.s Survey, 1980. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Phillips, Melba, 1907-. The American Physical Society: a survey of its first fifty years, 1988. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Edward U. Condon Papers, Circa 1920-1974 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Feenberg, Eugene. Oral history interview with Eugene Feenberg, 1973 April 13 and 14. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Roope, Percy M. 1897-1987. Letter to Melba Phillips on Arthur Gordon Webster, 1986. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Brady, James Joseph, 1904-. Response to early 1930s Ph.D.s Survey, 1980. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Eulogies for Wendell Hinkle Furry, 1985. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Phillips, Melba, 1907-. Correspondence with Karl Kelchner Darrow primarily about program arrangements for joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers 1965-1967. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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associatedWith American Association for the Advancement of Science. corporateBody
associatedWith American Association of Physics Teachers. corporateBody
associatedWith American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Early 1930s Ph. D.s Project. corporateBody
associatedWith American Physical Society. corporateBody
associatedWith American Physical Society. Annual Meeting (1974 : Chicago, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith American Physical Society. Meeting (1978) corporateBody
associatedWith Bloch, Felix, 1905- person
associatedWith Bohm, David, 1917-1992. person
associatedWith Bonner, Francis T. person
associatedWith Brady, James Joseph, 1904- person
associatedWith Brooklyn College. corporateBody
associatedWith Bryn Mawr College. corporateBody
associatedWith City University of New York. City College. corporateBody
associatedWith Commission on College Physics. corporateBody
associatedWith Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974. person
associatedWith Connecticut College for Women, New London. corporateBody
associatedWith Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891- person
associatedWith Feenberg, Eugene. person
associatedWith Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900- person
associatedWith Harvard College Observatory. corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard Project Physics. corporateBody
associatedWith Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). corporateBody
associatedWith Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958. person
associatedWith National Broadcasting Company, inc. corporateBody
associatedWith National Science Foundation (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Niels Bohr Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967. person
associatedWith Optical Society of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann, 1919- person
associatedWith Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994. person
associatedWith Physical Science Study Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Roope, Percy M. 1897-1987. person
associatedWith Sopka, Katherine Russell, person
associatedWith Unesco. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Congress. House. McCarran Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley corporateBody
associatedWith University of Chicago. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Michigan corporateBody
associatedWith University of Minnesota. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Minnesota. Summer Symposium in Theoretical Physics. corporateBody
associatedWith Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899- person
associatedWith Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) corporateBody
associatedWith Weiner, Charles. person
associatedWith White, Harvey Elliott, 1902-1988. person
associatedWith Wilson, Robert R., 1914-2000. person
associatedWith Zemansky, Mark Waldo, 1900-. person
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Birth 1907-02-01

Death 2004-11-08

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