John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
Van Vleck in 1974
Born	(1899-03-13)March 13, 1899 Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1980(1980-10-27) (aged 81) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison Harvard University
Known for	Crystal field theory Van Vleck paramagnetism Van Vleck transformations Van Vleck formula (propagator)
Spouse	Abigail Pearson ​ (m. 1927)​
Awards	Irving Langmuir Award (1965) National Medal of Science (1966) ForMemRS (1967)[1] Elliott Cresson Medal (1971) Lorentz Medal (1974) Nobel Prize in Physics (1977)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin–Madison Harvard University University of Oxford Balliol College, Oxford
Doctoral advisor	Edwin C. Kemble
Doctoral students	Philip W. Anderson John Atanasoff Richard Bersohn Thomas Kuhn Edward Mills Purcell Carol Jane Anger Rieke Arianna Rosenbluth Robert Serber Ruth F. Schwarz
Other notable students	John Bardeen[2]

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids.