1 John H van Vleck

American theoretical physicist, born in 1899, deceased in 1980. one of his outstanding contributions is the explicit calculation of dipolar interactions in solids, including moment computations, in a 50-page+ paper in 1939.

Autobiography source: The following autobiography excerpt is: ”from the Nobel Lectures, Physics 1971-1980, and was first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel. It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures:”

1.1 Degrees, Positions, Awards,...

A.B. University of Wisconsin, 1920

Ph. D., Harvard University, 1922 (instructor 1922-3)

Honorary D. Sc. or D. Honoris Causa: Wesleyan U., 1936; U. Wisconsin, 1947; Grenoble U., 1950; U. Maryland, 1955; Oxford U., 1958; U. Paris, 1960; Rockford College, 1961; U. Nancy, 1961; Harvard U., 1966; U. Chicago, 1968; U. Minnesota 1971.

On faculty: University of Minnesota, 1923-28; University of Wisconsin 1928-34 Harvard University 1934–69, emeritus 1969 – (Dean of Engineering and applied physics 1951–57).

Lorentz (visiting) professor, Leiden, 1960; Eastman Professor, Oxford, 1961–62; Guggenheim Fellow, 1930.

Foreign member, Royal Swedish Academy, Uppsala Academy, Netherlands Academy, Academie des Sciences, Royal Society of London. National Medal of Science, USA; Lorentz Medal (Netherlands); Cresson Medal ( Franklin Institute); Michelson Prize of Case Institute of Technology; Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics; General Electric Foundation; Chevalier, Legion of Honor.

Member, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science; Honorary Member, French Physical Society; President, American Physical Society, 1952.