H. Richard Crane
Horace Richard Crane(November 4, 1907 – April 19, 2007) was an Americanphysicist,the inventor of the Race Track Synchrotron,[1][2]a recipient of PresidentRonald Reagan'sNational Medal of Science"for the first measurement of the magnetic moment and spin of freeelectronsandpositrons".[3] He was also noted for proving the existence ofneutrinos.[4]TheNational Academy of Sciencescalled Crane "an extraordinary physicist".[5]TheUniversity of Michigancalled him "one of the most distinguished experimental physicists of the 20th century".[6]Crane was a chairman of the Department of Physics [7]and a professor of physics at theUniversity of Michigan,[8]a member of theNational Academy of Sciences.[9]
Crane earned his Ph.D. in 1934 underCharles LauritsenatCaltech.DuringWorld War II,he worked on radar atMITand proximity fuses at theCarnegie Institution of Washingtonand the University of Michigan. He consulted for theNational Defense Research Commissionand theOffice of Scientific Research and Development.[10]
From 1957 to 1960, Crane was president of theMidwestern Universities Research Association.In addition, he was president of theAmerican Association of Physics Teachersin 1965, and on the board of governors of theAmerican Institute of Physicsfrom 1964 to 1975.[10]
Crane was a supporter of higher education all his life. He and his wife donated money and time to Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, with a building being named after them. Their effort was to encourage making higher education accessible to all the residents in the county, and their efforts are documented on the campus itself.
Life and career[edit]
- 1907: Born inTurlock, Californiaon November 4
- 1930: BS,California Institute of Technology[8]
- 1934: PhD inphysics,California Institute of Technology[8]
- 1934–1935:California Institute of Technology,Research Fellow in Physics
- 1935–1938:University of Michigan,Instructor and Research Physicist
- 1938–1946:University of Michigan,Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1946–1978:University of Michigan,Professor of Physics
- 1978–2007:University of Michigan,Emeritus Professor of Physics
References[edit]
- ^"University of Michigan;Obituary;H. Richard Crane".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-07-19.Retrieved2012-01-25.
- ^Ann Arbor News;Renown local physicist H. Richard Crane dead at 99;April 20, 2007
- ^The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details;HORACE R. CRANE;Professor of Physics
- ^New York Times:CLOUD-CHAMBER TEST FINDS NEUTRINO 'REAL'; Drs. Crane and Halpern Decide It Is No Mere Hypothesis; May 22, 1938
- ^National Academy of Sciences;Biographical Memoir;H. Richard Crane by Jens C. Zorn
- ^"University of Michigan News Service;May 16 2007;H. Richard Crane".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-06-10.Retrieved2012-01-25.
- ^New York Times:Physics Teachers Award Four Citations for Service;February 2, 1968
- ^abc"Array of Contemporary American Physicists;H. Richard Crane".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-14.Retrieved2012-01-25.
- ^The Physics Teacher;Remembering Dick Crane;E. Leonard Jossem
- ^abJones, L., et al. (2010). "Innovation Was Not Enough: A History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA)." World Scientific Publishing.http:// worldscientific /worldscibooks/10.1142/6937
External links[edit]
- Oral history interview transcript with H. Richard Crane on 28 March 1973, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives- Session I
- Oral history interview transcript with H. Richard Crane on 18 June 1974, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives- Session II
- Oral history interview transcript with H. Richard Crane on 29 June 1990, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- 1907 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from Turlock, California
- 20th-century American physicists
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- University of Michigan faculty
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Presidents of the American Association of Physics Teachers