Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. Scientist

Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Hans G. Dehmelt from University of Washington, for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks. A physics professor at Harvard University for most of his career, Ramsey also held several posts with such government and international agencies as NATO and the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Among his other accomplishments are helping to found the United States Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermilab.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 27, 1915
Birth place	Washington D.C.
Nationality	United States
Date of death	November 04, 2011
Place of death	Wayland Massachusetts
Residence	United States
Education	Columbia University University of Cambridge

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Scientist

awards	Oersted Medal Nobel Prize in Physics Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics National Medal of Science Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award IEEE Medal of Honor
doctoral advisor	Isidor Isaac Rabi
doctoral student	Daniel Kleppner David J. Wineland Howard Berg
Field of study	Physics