Polykarp Kusch

[edit] Polykarp Kusch (1911 - 1993), B.S. Physics '31

Polykarp Kusch graduated from Case Institute of Technology with a B.S. in physics. He shared the 1955 Nobel prize in physics for research on electrons' magnetic strength that resulted in major modifications to atomic theory. Dr. Kusch was a member of the faculty at Columbia from 1946 until 1971. He then taught physics at the University of Texas in Dallas until his retirement in 1982.

Kusch House is named after him.

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