Nobel Laureate on Campus

Christy Grant
Mon, 31 Jan 1972 18:21:23 +0000
All UTD, Faculty & Staff, Seventies

Dr. Polykarp Kusch becomes the first Nobel laureate on the UTD faculty. His work in accurately determining the magnetic moment of the electron as being greater than its theoretical value led to innovations in the field of quantum electrodynamics. Yet, despite his prowess in the laboratory, Kusch’s heart was with his students. As he once put it, “I describe myself as an adequate scientist, but I am a superb teacher.”