Donald Glaser

Donald Glaser
Donald Glaser
	Glaser in 1960
Born	Donald Arthur Glaser; September 21, 1926; Cleveland, Ohio, US
Died	February 28, 2013 (aged 86); Berkeley, California, US
Alma mater	Case School of Applied Science (BS); California Institute of Technology (PhD);
Known for	Inventing the bubble chamber (1952)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1960); Elliott Cresson Medal (1961);
	Scientific career
Fields	Molecular biology; Particle physics;
Institutions	University of Michigan ; (1949–59); University of California, Berkeley (from 1959);
Thesis	The Momentum Distribution of Charged Cosmic Ray Particles Near Sea Level (1950)
Doctoral advisor	Carl David Anderson
Notable students	Martin Perl

Donald Arthur Glaser (September 21, 1926 – February 28, 2013) was an American physicist and biologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1960 for his invention of the bubble chamber.