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Horace Richard Crane (November 4, 1907 – April 19, 2007) was an American physicist, the inventor of the Race Track Synchrotron, 〔(University of Michigan;Obituary;H. Richard Crane )〕〔(Ann Arbor News;Renown local physicist H. Richard Crane dead at 99;April 20, 2007 )〕 a recipient of President Ronald Reagan's National Medal of Science "for the first measurement of the magnetic moment and spin of free electrons and positrons".〔(The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details;HORACE R. CRANE;Professor of Physics )〕 He was also noted for proving the existence of neutrinos.〔(New York Times:CLOUD-CHAMBER TEST FINDS NEUTRINO 'REAL'; Drs. Crane and Halpern Decide It Is No Mere Hypothesis;May 22, 1938 )〕 The National Academy of Sciences called Crane "an extraordinary physicist".〔(National Academy of Sciences;Biographical Memoir;H. Richard Crane by Jens C. Zorn )〕 The University of Michigan called him "one of the most distinguished experimental physicists of the 20th century".〔(University of Michigan News Service;May 16 2007;H. Richard Crane )〕 Crane was a chairman of the department of physics 〔(New York Times:Physics Teachers Award Four Citations for Service;February 2, 1968 )〕 and a professor of physics at the University of Michigan,〔(Array of Contemporary American Physicists;H. Richard Crane )〕 a member of the National Academy of Sciences.〔(The Physics Teacher;Remembering Dick Crane;E. Leonard Jossem )〕 During World War 2, he worked on radar at MIT and proximity fuses at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of Michigan. He consulted for the National Defense Research Commission and the Office of Scientific Research and Development.〔Jones, L., et al. (2010). "Innovation Was Not Enough: A History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA)." World Scientific Publishing. http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6937〕 From 1957 to 1960, Crane was President of the Midwestern Universities Research Association. In addition, he was President of the American Association of Physics Teachers in 1965, and on the Board of Governors of the American Institute of Physics from 1964 to 1975.〔 Dr. Crane was a supporter of higher education all his life. He and his wife donated money and time to Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, with a building being named after them. Their effort was to encourage making higher education accessible to all the residents in the county, and their efforts are documented on the campus itself. == Life and career == * 1907: Born in Turlock, California on November 4 * 1930: BS, California Institute of Technology〔 * 1934: PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology〔 * 1934–1935: California Institute of Technology, Research Fellow in Physics * 1935–1938: University of Michigan, Instructor and Research Physicist * 1938–1946: University of Michigan, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics * 1946–1978: University of Michigan, Professor of Physics * 1978–2007: University of Michigan, Emeritus Professor of Physics 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「H. Richard Crane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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