[2] "We are fortunate to have the Bible and especially the New Testament which tells us so much about God in widely accessible human terms."
Father: Arthur Schawlow
Mother: Helen Mason
Wife: Aurelia Townes (sister of Charles H. Townes, d. 1991 auto accident, one son, two daughters)
Son: Arthur Keith ("Artie", autistic)
Daughter: Helen Aurelia Johnson
Daughter: Edith Ellen Dwan ("Edie")
High School: Vaughan Road Academy, York, Ontario, Canada (1945)
University: PhD, University of Toronto (1949)
Fellow: University of Toronto (1949-50)
Teacher: Columbia University (1950-51)
Professor: Molecular Spectroscopy, Stanford University (1961-91)
Franklin Institute Stuart Ballantine Medal 1962
IOP Thomas Young Medal 1963
IEEE Morris Liebmann Memorial Award 1964
California Scientist of the Year 1973
OSA Frederic Ives Medal 1976
Nobel Prize for Physics 1981 (with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai M. Siegbahn)
LIA Arthur Schawlow Medal 1982
National Medal of Science 1991
National Inventors Hall of Fame 1996
Bell Laboratories Physicist (1951-61)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Physical Society President, 1981
National Academy of Sciences
Optical Society of America President, 1975
Canadian Ancestry Maternal
Jewish Ancestry Paternal
Latvian Ancestry Paternal
Author of books:
Microwave Spectroscopy (1955, physics; with Charles H. Townes)