| Authorised form of name | Hahn; Erwin Louis (1921 - 2016) |
| Dates | 1921 - 2016 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Sharon, Pennsylvania |
| Date of birth | 08/06/1921 |
| Date of death | 20/09/2016 |
| Occupation | Biochemist |
| Activity | Best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
Education:
B.S. in Physics from Juniata College and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Career:
In 1950 he discovered the spin echo.
Joined the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor in 1955, becoming a full professor in 1961 and then an emeritus in 1991. From 1982-1983, he was the Chairman of a special ad hoc committee to improve the Physics preliminary examination. From 1985 to 1986, he was a Research Professor of the Miller Institute for Basic Research at UC Berkeley. In 1991, he received the Berkeley Citation for his dedication to the department and the University, as well as his contributions to magnetic resonance and optics
Professor of physics, 1955-91
Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA
In 1999 he was awarded the Comstock Prize in Physics from the National Academy of Sciences.[
Received the 2016 Gold Medal from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). The award, ISMRM's highest honor, was given to Hahn for his creation of pulsed magnetic resonance and processes of signal refocusing which are essential to modern day MR |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 11/05/2000 |
| Age at election | 78 |
| Relationships | He was married twice, to Marian Ethel Failing in 1944 and, after her death in 1978, to Natalie Woodford Hodgson in 1980. Erwin Hahn is survived by his widow Natalie Hahn, his children David, Deborah and Katherine, his stepchildren Welles and Elisabeth, his grandchildren Andrew and Christopher Hahn and Cecilia Caruso, and his great-grandchildren Owen, Hudson and Ethan Hahn. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/20482770 |
| Code | NA3126 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/2000/47 | Hahn, Erwin Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001830 | Hahn, Erwin Louis | 2000 |