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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4-9

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

Box 7

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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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8-11

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

Box 8

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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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9-11

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

Box 9

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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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9-10

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

Box 10

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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

Box 12

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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