Late 20th Century 1953: Gordon Shrum is president of CAP. 1956: Roy Nodwell is awarded a Ph.D. 1957: Myer Bloom arrives as a Post Doctorate Fellow. Myer becomes "...
Early 21st Century 2001: George Sawatzky joins joins the department. He becomes the Director of AMPEL in 2004. He is one of the most cited researchers in the depa...
%IF{"$WEBSUMMARY = ''" then=" "}% Ed Auld's last great contribution to the UBC Department of Physics Astronomy (PHAS) was an historical record dubbed "Timeli...
The Early Years Physics 1864: Henry Marshall Tory was born. He was the first president of the University of Alberta (1908 1928), the first president of the Nati...
Robert F. Christy (1916 2012) Condensed by Jess Brewer from the LA Times obituary on 05 Oct 2012 Robert Frederick Christy was born May 14, 1916, in Vancouver, B...
Noteworthy Graduates In addition to our many distinguished faculty members, numerous former students of UBC Physics and/or Astronomy have had illustrious careers ...
List of Achievements The Department's record for prizes and honours is one of the most impressive in Canada. * Fellow of the Royal Society Canada, FRSC: Shrum ...
The Early Years Astronomy Originally written by Gordon Walker How Astronomy made its name at UBC pre 1980 reminiscences Thirty years ago the UBC Institute o...