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Frank K. Tittel Academic and Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0394
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The holding consists of papers relating to the Rice Quantum Institute, laser and laser fusion studies, articles and personal papers. Professor Tittel was a guest of the 1996 Nobel Prize investiture of his associates Robert Curl and Richard Smalley and his mementos of the occasion are included.

Dates

  • 1987 - 1997

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the Frank K. Tittel Academic Papers must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

Frank K. Tittel, J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and chair of the department, was born in Germany in 1933 and studies physics at Oxford University, England, receiving his PhD from Oxford in 1959. He came to the United States in 1959 and to Rice University in 1967. In addition to his teaching skills, he was considered one of the nation's top authorities on the applications of lasers.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Frank K. Tittel Academic and Personal Papers, 1987-1997
Status
Completed
Author
Alan Bath
Date
2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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