Professorship in Physics Goes to Edward Purcell

The Physics Department announced the appointment of Edward M. Purcell as a full professor of Physics yesterday. Purcell has been a member of the Faculty since 1941.

Purcell is an expert in nuclear magnetic movements and radio frequency spectroscopy. On leave of absence from Harvard during the war, he directed research on microwave techniques at the MIT Radiation Laboratory.

The new professor is a native of Mattoon, Illinois. He received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University. The University has awarded him two degrees, an A.M. in 1935 and a PhD. in 1938. From 1936 to 1941 he was an instructor in the Physics, Department.

When he returned from MIT after the war, he became an associate professor.