Harold E. Rorschach Jr.
Harold E. Rorschach Jr. | |
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Rorschach in Physics lab, Rice University, 1990 | |
| Born | Harold Emil Rorschach Jr. November 25, 1926 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1993 (aged 66) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BS, MS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Spouse |
Virginia "Ginny" Purdy
(m. 1951) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Resistance minima in metals at low temperatures (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Melvin A. Herlin |
| Doctoral students | R. Bowen Loftin Frank J. Low |
Harold Emil "Bud" Rorschach Jr. (November 25, 1926 – June 5, 1993), was an American physicist. He joined the faculty of Rice University in 1952, and served there throughout his career. He was three times the chairman of the physics department and was principal investigator of the NASA interdisciplinary laboratory at Rice, which conducted research involving a wide range of studies on solid materials.