Positions Held
Academic
- Carnegie Tech, Head of the physics department (1946–?)
- University of Illinois, Professor of physics (1949–1968)
- American Institute of Physics, Chairman (1954–1959)
- Academic Press, Editor (1955–1984)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, (1959–1960)
- American Physical Society, Chairman (1961)
- United States National Academy of Sciences, President (1962–1969)
- Rockefeller University, President Emeritus (1968–1978)
- Physica Status Solidi B, Editorial Board Member
Private sector
- George C. Marshall Institute, Co-founder, Chairman (1984–2001)
- Richard Lounsbery Foundation, President (1995–?)
- Science and Environmental Policy Project, Chair (?–?)
- Advancement of Sound Science Center, member of advisory board
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