| 1 | Name: | Dr. Charles P. Slichter | |
| Institution: | University of Illinois | ||
| Year Elected: | 1971 | ||
| Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 106. Physics | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1924 | ||
| Death Date: | February 19, 2018 | ||
Internationally recognized in condensed matter physics, Charles Slichter was one of the world's top research scientists in the area of magnetic resonance and a leading innovator in applications of resonance techniques to understanding the structure of matter. Dr. Slichter's deep physical insight and elegant experimental mastery have allowed him to make seminal contributions to an extraordinarily broad range of problems of both great theoretical interest and technological importance in physics and chemistry. Dr. Slichter received his A.B. (1946), M.A. (1947), and Ph.D. (1949) degrees from Harvard College, all in physics. During World War II, he worked as a research assistant at the Underwater Explosives Research Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts while an undergraduate at Harvard. He went to the University of Illinois in 1949 as an instructor in physics, was promoted to assistant professor in 1951, to associate professor in 1954, and to full professor in 1955. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1967, to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 1969, and to the American Philosophical Society in 1971. He had received the Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics (American Physical Society, 1969), the Triennial Prize (International Society of Magnetic Resonance, 1986), the Comstock Prize (National Academy of Sciences, 1993), and the Oliver E. Buckley Prize in Condensed Matter Physics (American Physical Society, 1996), and the 2007 National Medal of Science. Although he retired from teaching in 1996, Dr. Slichter maintained an active research program. His textbook, Principles of Magnetic Resonance, in its third printing, has served as the standard in the field for three and a half decades. He directed the Ph.D. research of 63 Illinois graduates, a group that is contributing immeasurably to industry and academia. Charles Slichter died February 19, 2018, at the age of 94. | |||