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Rabi was the Eugene Higgins professor of physics at Columbia but when Columbia created the rank of university professor in 1964, Rabi was the first to receive such a chair.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Cornell University in 1919, Rabi switched to physics and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1927. He did postgraduate work in Europe and then joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1929, becoming professor of physics in 1937.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 27, 2018 · In 1937 Rabi achieved the rank of full professor at Columbia. Three years later he became associate director of the radiation laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), recently established to develop microwave radar and related equipment for military uses.
Isaac Isidor Rabi was born into a Jewish family in what was then Austria, but the family emigrated to the U.S. when he was one year old. During almost his entire career, he was associated with Columbia University in New York. During World War II, Rabi took part in development of the atomic bomb.
On his return to the U.S. in 1929, he was appointed lecturer of Theoretical Physics at Columbia University, and after promotion through the various grades became professor in 1937. In 1930, Rabi conducted investigations into the nature of the force binding protons to atomic nuclei.
Jan 12, 1988 · He believed he was the first Jew on the faculty of the Columbia physics department, advancing from lecturer to assistant professor to Higgins Professor of Physics to professor emeritus.
Rabi returned to the United States to become a professor at Columbia University. During World War II, Rabi worked as Associate Director of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT where he researched radar.
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