Eckart, Carl, 1902-1973

Physicist and oceanographer (quantum mechanics, atomic physics, underwater acoustics, geophysical hydrodynamics); professor of geophysics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); first director of the UCSD Marine Physical Laboratory; director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1948-1950). Died 1973.

From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306129

Physicist, oceanographer, and educator. Died 1973.

From the description of Papers of Carl Eckart, 1921-1973 (bulk 1935-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070710

Died in 1973.

From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Henry Eckart, 1962 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82445524

Biographical Note

• 1902, May 4: Born, St. Louis, Mo.
• 1923 - 1925 : Ph.D. in physics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
• 1926: Married Edith Louise Frazee (divorced 1948)
• 1927 - 1928 : Studied in Berlin, Germany, as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow
• 1928 - 1946 : Professor of physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
• 1934 - 1935 : Sabbatical to attend Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University (also in 1952-1953 and 1960-1961)
• 1942 - 1946 : Assistant (and eventually director), War Research Division, University of California, San Diego, Calif.
• 1946 - 1952 : Director, Marine Physical Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, Calif.
• 1946 - 1971 : Professor of geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Calif.
• 1952: Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1958: Married Klara Dan Von Neumann (died 1963)
• 1960: Hydrodynamics of Oceans and Atmospheres (Oxford: Pergamon Press. 290 pp.)
• 1965 - 1967 : Vice-chancellor for academic affairs, University of California, San Diego, Calif.
• 1966: Awarded Alexander Agassiz Medal by National Academy of Sciences for contributions to oceanography
• 1972: Awarded William Bowie Medal by American Geophysical Union for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics
• 1973, Oct. 23: Died, La Jolla, Calif.

From the guide to the Carl Eckart Papers, 1921-1973, (bulk 1935-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)