California Institute of Technology Cal Tech - Big T Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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'I6 PHYSICS The research contributions ot the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics have greatly enhanced the reputation of the California Institute tor original scientific work. Current research projects include nuclear physics and cosmic rays. Among the outstanding men of the department are Robert A. Millikan and Carl D. Anderson, Nobel prize winners, Richard C. Tolman, technical advisor to Bernard Baruch, and J. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos atom-bomb laboratory. Earnest C. Watson is the Acting Chairman ot the department and William R. Smythe supervises the Science course of the Institute. Left to right, first row: H. Victor Neher, Paul S. Epstein, Charles C. Lauritsen, Gennady W. Potapenko, Leverett Davis. Second row: Robert F. Christy, William R. Smythe, J. Robert Oppenheimer, William A. Fowler, Jesse W. M. DuMond, Alexander Goetz, Thomas Lauritsen. s 1

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GEGLOGY John Peter Buwalda l Left to right, seated: George Tunell, J. P. Buwalda, Beno Gutenberg. Standing: J. Wyatt Durham, Richard H. Jahns, Chester Stock, la n Campbell, Charles F. Richter, Ch'eng-Yi Fu. The Department of Geology, because of its fine facilities and advantageous location, is admirably suited for instruc- tion and research in geology and related fields. Oil fields, the Southern Coast Range, and many world-famous mineral de- posits are within easy range of week-end field trips, and an excellent collection of specimens is available for the study of vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology. The Seismo- logical Laboratory is available for research work inseismology and geophysics. J. P. Buwalda is the Chairman of the De- partment, and lan Campbell acts as Associate Chairman. Research work and graduate instruction in Meteorology is carried on under Professor Irving P. Krick. Much of the tech- nique of long range weather forecasting has been developed at the Institute. Q. ll

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17 Carl D. Anderson Paul S. Epstein Irving P. Krick Fritz Zwicky ASTROPHYSICS Left to right: Eric T. Bell, Morgan Ward, Aris- totle D. Michal, Luther E. Wear, H. Frederic Bohnenblust, Robert P. Dilworth. l e ' E. C. Goldsworthy The work of the Department of Astrophysics, under the direction of Max Mason, Chairman of the Observatory Council, and Professor Fritz Zwicky, includes investigations of the galactic system, remote nebulae, and phenomena bearing directly on the constitution of matter. The com- pletion of the new Astrophysical Laboratory on Mount Palomar, with its ZOO-inch reflecting telescope and Schmidt cameras, will supplement the facilities on Mount Wilson and enable the department to intensify its research greatly. The Department of Mathematics, besides giving instruc- tion to all undergraduates in elementary mathematics, conducts a course of advanced work for a limited number of students and carries on researches in pure mathematics. Prominent men in the department are E. T. Bell, A. D. Michael, and Morgan Ward. Colonel E. C. Goldsworthy holds, in addition to a chair in the Department of Mathematics, the very important position of Master of the Student Houses. MATHEMATICS