Polykarp Kusch

Polykarp Kusch was born on January 26, 1911, in Blankenburg (Harz) and passed away on March 20, 1993, in Dallas . He was a physicist with United States citizenship . Kusch received his education at the University of Illinois System , University of Illinois at Chicago , University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , and Case Western Reserve University . His academic discipline was in physics .

Kusch was awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for measuring the magnetic moment of the electron . He conducted his research in France . His Doctoral advisor was Francis Wheeler Loomis , while one of his doctoral students was Eugene D. Commins .