John Bardeen Papers--addition, 1950-1991 | University of Illinois Archives

May 23, 1908 Born, Madison, Wisconsin - son of Medical School Dean Charles R. Bardeen and Althea Harmer 1923 University High and Madison Central 1928 B.S. Wisconsin, Electrical Engineering. Western Electric. Edward Bennett electrodynamics course 1929 M.S. Wisconsin, Electrical Engineering. J. H. Van Vleck 1930-33 Geophysicists, Gulf Research and Development Corporation - Leo J. Peters 1936 Ph.D. Princeton, Mathematics and Physics. E. P. Wigner 1935-38 Junior Fellow, Harvard. J. H. Van Vleck and P. W. Bridgman 1938 Married Jane Maxwell, July 18 1939-41 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Minnesota 1941-45 Principal Physicist, U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory (Washington D.C.), magnetism and minesweeping 1945-51 Radar, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 1947 Surface physics - properties of contacts between metals of semi-conductors depend on electron behavior in surface energy levels 1948 Transistors with William B. Shockley and Walter Brattain. Point contact type 1951-75 Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois. Louis Ridenour. Xerox Corporation 1952 Transistor literature March 1953 Fortune article on transistors Theoretical understanding of semiconductors Explained why metal-germanium contact gives effect of a PN junction in a emiconductor - in terms of surface energy states 1956 National Academy of Science member 1957 Theory of Superconductivity - vanishing of electrical resistance of some metals at low temperatures 1975 Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois January 30, 1991 Died, Boston, Massachusetts Research Areas: Electrical conduction in semiconductors and metals; surface properties of semiconductors; theory of superconductivity; and diffusion of atoms in solids Prizes and Honors: 1952 Ballantine Medal, Franklin Institute 1954 Buckley Prize (solid state) 1955 Scott Medal, D.Sc. Union 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics 1960 D.Sc. University of Wisconsin 1962 London Prize 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics 1974 D.Sc. University of Illinois 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom 1987 Lomonosov Award, Soviet Academy of Sciences 1990 John Bardeen Chair in Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering Established at University of Illinois