Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae of William D. Phillips
Education:
- Camp Hill High School, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, diploma (Valedictorian) 1966.
- Juniata College, Huntington, Pennsylvania, B.S., Physics, summa cum laude, 1970.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,Ph.D., Physics, 1976. Thesis under Prof. Daniel Kleppner, thesis title: I. The Magnetic Moment of the Proton in H2O; II. Inelastic Collisions in Excited Na.
Awards and Honors:
- Pennsylvania State Scholarship, 1966-1970
- C. C. Ellis Memorial Scholarship, 1969-1970
- Election to Juniata College Honor Society, 1969
- Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1970
- National Science Foundation Fellow, 1970-1973
- Chaim Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellow, 1976-1978
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1982.
- Scientific Achievement Award of the Washington Academy of Sciences,1982
- Silver Medal of the Department of Commerce, 1983
- Samuel Wesley Stratton Award of the National Bureau of Standards, 1987
- Arthur S. Flemming Award of the Washington Downtown Jaycees, 1988
- Gold Medal of the Dept. of Commerce, 1993.
- Election to American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1995
- Election as a NIST Fellow, 1995
- Michelson Medal of the Franklin Insitute, 1996
- Distinguished Traveling Lecturer (APS-DLS), 1996-98
- Election to the National Academy of Sciences, 1997
- Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997
- Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science (APS), 1998
Professional societies:
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Fellow, Optical Society of America
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- National Academy of Sciences
- Sigma Xi Research Society
- Society of Physics Students