Donald A. Glaser

Donald A. Glaser
Donald A. Glaser
	Glaser in 1960
Born	Donald Arthur Glaser; September 21, 1926; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 28, 2013 (aged 86); Berkeley, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Case School of Applied Science (Case Western Reserve University); California Institute of Technology;
Known for	Invention of bubble chamber; Business executive;
Spouses	Ruth Bonnie Thompson (m. 1960; 2 children); Lynn Bercovitz (m. 1975);
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1960); Elliott Cresson Medal (1961);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Molecular biology
Institutions	University of Michigan; University of California at Berkeley;
Thesis	The momentum distribution of charged cosmic ray particles near sea level (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Carl David Anderson

Donald Arthur Glaser (September 21, 1926 – February 28, 2013) was an American physicist, neurobiologist, and the winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the bubble chamber used in subatomic particle physics.

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