Series I. Richard Pratt Professional, 1950-2004

Scope and Content Notes: Series I contains materials related to Richard Pratt's undergraduate and graduate education, positions held at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of Pittsburgh, various consultant positions, and professional memberships. This series also includes proposals for projects and collaborations with physicists of other nations including China, India, Russia, and Romania, among others. The bulk of this series is correspondence, but also includes workbooks (tracking meetings and trips), meeting notices of Pratt's atomic physics group, proposals, lab reports, course information, memos, and agreements. This series is organized into subseries. These include: Subseries 1. Education and Positions, 1950-2004, which consists of undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Chicago, job searches, vitas, bibliography, and awards. Subseries I. also includes workbooks and group meeting notices, 1979-2004, that include workbooks that track Pratt's activities including meetings, travels, and notes; group meeting notices; and materials concerning consulting positions (National Science Foundation, Livermore National Laboratory), international research proposals, and research trips. This subseries also includes correspondence regarding Pratt's help in the defection of Romanian Physicists to the United States in the 1970s. Subseries 2. Semester at Sea, 1984-1992, contains materials regarding the Semester at Sea Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Subseries 3. contains professional correspondence, 1959-1999.

Subseries 1. Education and Positions, 1950-2004

Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 1. consists of admissions, articles, and notes from undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Chicago, ditto copies of notes from the last Quantum Physics course taught by Enrico Fermi, job searches, vitas, bibliography, and awards. This subseries also contains workbooks used by Pratt to keep track of his activities including meetings, travels, and notes. Also included are Pratt's group meeting notices and minutes. The group meetings are held weekly on a semi-regular basis (depending on who is traveling), and are attended by Pratt's graduate students and colleagues, both from Pittsburgh and international visiting scholars. Organizational issues, literature reviews, and abstract deadlines are discussed as well as upcoming travel and visitor schedules. These materials are summaries of the meetings, 1979-2004, and include information on projects and theories being researched. This subseries also includes materials related to National Science Foundation and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory funding sources. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at the University of California is one of the main government weapons laboratories. Richard Pratt became a consultant there in 1959 while he was at Stanford. Scientists at the lab were interested in Pratt's thesis work as it suggested an error, in the work of Hall, employed by the lab, and Oppenheimer, on the high energy limit of photoeffect and helped to assemble a group for further numerical calculations at lower energies. A couple of years after moving to Pittsburgh he became a consultant again and arranged for subcontracts for the University of Pittsburgh for further work in photoeffect, bremsstrahlung, and photon atom scattering. This led to further work for graduate students. Pratt was also successful in receiving funding from a series of National Science Foundation grants for cooperative research with Universities and Institutions in various parts of the world. Pratt also served as a Program Director for the National Science Foundation, 1987-1989. Much of Pratt's current work has proceeded through these continuing contacts.

Box 1

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University of Chicago Admissions, 1950

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University of Chicago Correspondence, 1950-1956

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Enrico Fermi's Quantum Physics Course, 1954

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Journal, Physical Review, 1957

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Job Searches, tanford University, 1959

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Job Searches, Other, 1954

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Job Searches, University of Pittsburgh, 1964

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Job Searches, Other, 1964

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Job Applications, 1976-1990

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Vitas, 1965-1994

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Bibliography, 1957-2002

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Meetings/Talks, 1958-1983

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Salary Letters, 1960-1998

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Awards, 1988-1998

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Pittsburgh Informal Program, 1980-2004

Box 2

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Workbooks, April 1981 - January 1982

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Workbooks, January 1983 - November 1995

Box 3

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Workbooks, December 1995 - November 2000

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Group Meeting Notices, 1979-1984

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Group Meeting Notices, 1985-1989

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Group Meeting Notices, 1990-1993

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Group Meeting Notices, 1994-2000

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1-4

Group Meeting Notices, 2001-2004

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Group Meeting Notices, Group Secretary, 1967-1988

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National Science Foundation, Position, 1987-1989, 2000

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, University of Pittsburgh, 1977-1982

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, University of Pittsburgh, 1979-1996

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Argentina, 1992-1995

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Brazil, 1992-1995

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, China, 1987-1991

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Croatia, 1987-1990, 1994

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, India, 1978-1994

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Israel, 1982

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Korea, 1988-1995

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Latvia, 1997

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Malaysia, 1984-1997

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Poland-Rochester-Pittsburgh, 1980-1983, 1993

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Romania, 1991-1994

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Russia, 1992-1998

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Taiwan, 1979-1981

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, Other Awards, 1993

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National Science Foundation, Proposals and Awards, NETL Bremsstrahlung, 2001

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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Bunaciu, Doina, 1980-1981

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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Foias, Ciprian, 1979

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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Gavrila, Mihai, 1976-1977

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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Patrulius, Radu, 1969-1980

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Correspondence, Romanian Physicists- Pomponiu, Constantin, 1978

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"Memo of Understanding", University of Pittsburgh - University of Bucharest, 1972-1977

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Institutions in Romania, 1970-1972

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Institutions in Poland, 1971-1982

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Ukraine Trip, 1997-1998

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Evaluation at Bose Institute, 1994

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CISA, Israel-Pittsburgh Cooperation, 1994

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Asilomar Workshop, 1984-1985

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Darjeeling Workshop, 1996

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Security Clearance, 1958-2000

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lab Reports, November 1969 - December 1974

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Subcontract, 1971-1996

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Consulting, 1987-1988

Subseries 2. Semester at Sea, 1984-1992

Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 2. contains materials regarding Richard Pratt's involvement in bringing the Semester at Sea Program to the University of Pittsburgh; serving as Academic Dean in 1984; and as Administrative Dean in 1990. Records include correspondence about sponsorship, appointments, reports, memos, programs, mailings, and notebooks. This subseries is arranged chronologically.

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Pittsburgh Sponsorship and Evaluation, 1984

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Appointments and Reports, 1985

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Courses, 1986

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Dean's Memo, 1987

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Directory, 1988

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Evening Programs, 1989

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Field Programs, 1990

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General, 1990

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General Mailings, 1990

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Voyage Notebooks, 1984-1990

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Journal, 1990

Subseries 3. Correspondence, 1959-1999

Scope and Content Notes: Subseries 3. consists of professional correspondence to/from Richard Pratt. The correspondence concerns his work with colleagues and students in many fields of physics. The correspondence files have been retained in original order and are organized in two ways - correspondence grouped by first letter of last name; and correspondence organized alphabetically by last name. If a researcher wishes to look up an individual it is recommended to look in both sections.

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A-B

Box 15

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1-16

C-R

Box 16

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1-4

R-Z

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Amusia, Miron Ya.

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Basavaraju, G.

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Bechler, Adam

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Beigman, Israel L.

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Birula, Iwo Bialynicki

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Bunaciu, Doina

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Chernysheva, Larissa V.

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Cionga, Aurelia

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Costescu, Adrian

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Dondera, Mihai

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Dutt, Ranabir (Dr.)

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Feng, I-Jaung

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Fink, Joanne K.

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Florescu, Viorica

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Erzeneoglu, Salih Z.

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Gabriel, Oscar

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Gailite (Karule), Erna

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Gavrila, Mihai

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Ghose, A.M.

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Goldberg, Isser Benjamin

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Gonclaves, Odiar D.

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Govinda, Nayak

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Huang, Keh-Ning

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Ivinski, Zbigniew

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Kane, Prabhakar P.

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Kissel, Lynn

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Kim, Longhaun

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Kim, Young Soon

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Lamourex, M.

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Lee, Chia-Ming

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Liang, Xiaoling

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Liu, Lei

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Lyalin, Andrey G.

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Magargee, Mary

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Manakov, Nikolai L.

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Marian, Tudor

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McEnnan, James

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Miraglia, Jorgr E.

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Namyslowski, J.M.

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Oh, Sung Dahm

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Parker, John

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Pisk, Krunoslav

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Riaznov, M.

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Ron, Akiva

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Roy, Suprakash, Ch.

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Salzmann, David

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Sen Gupta, Swanpan K.

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Serbescu, Liana

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Shaffer, Charles D.

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Sood, B.S. (Dr.)

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Stein, Josef

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Sud, Krishan K.

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Thu, Le Anh

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Tong, Xiao-Ming

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Tseng, H.K.

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Urnov, Alexander M.

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Walker, David

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Wang, Min-Sheng

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Wood, Michael

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Yang, Huang-Wang

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Ye, Kuang

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Yin, Ru-Ying

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Yu, Simon

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Zakowicz, Wtadystaw Btazej

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Zhou, Bin