US-RPB-of-1uf-g6 Guide to the Maurice Glicksman Professorial Files1958-1971 Finding aid prepared by Ben Stewart and Paul Jordan Brown University Library
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English 6 linear feet 1958-1971 The Maurice Glicksman Professorial Files contain correspondence and physics notes. The material dates from 1958 to 1971. Biographical/Historical Note

Maurice Glicksman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1928, studied at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and received his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Chicago in 1954. His research career brought him to the RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey from 1954 to 1969, with a four-year appointment as Director of the RCA Laboratories in Tokyo, Japan from 1963-1967. In 1969 he became University Professor and Professor of Engineering at Brown University, where he served over the course of his career at the university as Dean of the Graduate School, Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs, and ultimately as Provost from 1978-1990. He retired to become Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Physics in 1994.

Maurice Glicksman served on the boards of over 20 different organizations with diverse missions including science research, academic, library science, health care, religious observance and community service. In Princeton, New Jersey he served as President and board member at the Princeton Jewish Center, and in Providence, Rhode Island he served on the board of Temple Emanu-El and the board of Hillel and Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. He served as a member of the board at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island and served as Chairman during his tenure. He was also on the board of the Jewish Home for the Aged, The Jewish Seniors Agency, and was on the board of Lifespan Corporation of Providence, Rhode Island (including Director). On the national level he served on the boards of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) of Dublin, Ohio, on the Fermilab Board of Overseers (including Chairman), and the National Council of Chief Academic Officers, the National Council on Education, and the Center for Research Libraries (including Chairman).

 Collection information

The Maurice Glicksman Professorial Files contain correspondence and physics notes. The material dates from 1958 to 1971.

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Maurice Glicksman Professorial Files, OF-1UF-G6, Brown University Library.

This collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1. Subject Files

Names Brown University--Faculty. Subjects Engineering. Physics. Subject Files Series 1 1958-1971 Incoming 1 1 1969 July - December Incoming 1 2 1969 January - June Outgoing File 1 3 1968 Incoming File 1 4 1968 Outgoing File 1 5 1967 Plasma Physics, Los Hodches 1 6 1959 Plasma Physics, Los Hodches 1 7 1959 Correspondence, I - M 2 1 1960-1963 Correspondence, N - Z 2 2 1958-1963 Correspondence, M - R 2 3 1958-1963 Correspondence, A - D 2 4 1959-1963 Correspondence, F - H 2 5 1960-1963 Industrial Research Institute - Harvard Business School, "Seminar on Management of Industrial Research" 3 1 1962 June 17 - July 7 Industrial Research Institute - Harvard Business School, "Seminar on Management of Industrial Research" 3 2 1962 June 17 - July 7 Diary 3 3 1955 Diary 3 4 1956 Diary 3 5 1961 Diary 3 6 1962 Diary 3 7 1963 Diary 3 8 1964 Diary 3 9 1965-1966 GaAs - InP Work 3 10 1966-1967 Transverse Breakdown + Notes 3 11 1965 RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1582 - RF Force on a Plasma Sphere 3 12 1961 March RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1549 - Plasma Oscillations II 3 13 1961 June RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1539 - Plasma Oscillations 3 14 1961 January RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1624 - Plasma Oscillations III 3 15 1961 June RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1895 - Average Effective Mass - In Sb 3 16 1962 May RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1454 - Pinch Dynamics 3 17 1960 December RCA Laboratories - Problem No. 1756 - Pinch Dynamics 3 18 1961 November RCA Tokyo New Research Laboratory 3 19 1966 January 26 (Misc.) 3 20 1960-1963 English Japanese RCA Laboratories - Notes on Discussions Involving the Tokyo Laboratories 3 21 1962-1963 Diary 3 22 1968 Electron Scattering Integrals 3 23 1957 Engineering Notebook No. 1 - M. Glicksman - III-V––II-VI Compounds 3 24 1969 October 14 Engineering Notebook No. 2 - Phil Won Yu 3 25 1969 October 16 Engineering Notebook No. 3 - Mark N. Gurnee 3 26 1969 November 1 Engineering Notebook No. 4 - Phil Yu 3 27 1970 July 6 Engineering Notebook No. 5 - Mark N. Gurnee 3 28 1971 March 1 Engineering Notebook No. 6 - Phil Won Yu 3 29 1971 May 27 Engineering Notebook No. 7 - M. Glicksman - INSB Studies 3 30 1971 July 27 Engineering Notebook No. 8 - M. Glicksman - High Density Plasmas - Analysis 3 31 1971 September 7 Engineering Notebook No. 10 - Peter T. Head - Optical Absorption - GaP-ZnSe Alloys 3 32 1971 September - 1972 August Engineering Notebook No. 11 - Phil W. Yu / A. Giovinazzo - High Density Plasmas ; M. Glicksman 3 33 1971 November 1 Engineering Notebook No. 12 - Sheldon A. Mittleman 3 34 1971 November 1 - 1975 July 8 Outgoing B 4 1 1970 Incoming B 4 2 1970 Outgoing File A 4 3 1970 Outgoing File 4 4 1969 (Incoming) 4 5 1967 Incoming File A 4 6 1970 Incoming A 4 7 1971 (Engineering 94B) 5 1 1988-1989 (Engineering 94B) 5 2 1988-1989 Student Papers - ENG194E 5 3 1973 April 30 Student Papers - ENG194E 5 4 1973 April 30 Student Papers - ENG94B 5 5 1974 Student Papers - ENG94B 5 6 1974 Proposed Modes of Thought Course, Sem I 5 7 1970-1971 Student Papers - MT 20 5 8 1970-1971 Student Papers - MT 20 5 9 1970-1971 Refereeing 5 10 1982 Refereeing 5 11 1979-1981 Refereeing 5 12 1978 Refereeing 5 13 1977 Refereeing 5 14 1976 Refereeing 5 15 1975 Refereeing 5 16 1974 Refereeing 5 17 1973 Refereeing 5 18 1972 Refereeing 5 19 1971 Refereeing 5 20 1970 Refereeing 5 21 1969 Refereeing 5 22 1969 Refereeing 5 23 1968 Refereeing 5 24 1967 (Correspondence) 5 25 1964-1966 (Correspondence) 5 26 1967-1970 (Correspondence) 5 27 1963-1967 (Committee Records) 5 28 1973 Library 5 29 1973-1974 L. Durand 5 30 1974 April (FPG Subcommittee on Psychology Department Hiring) 5 31 1973 (Summer Stipend Committee) 5 32 1973 Grievances 5 33 1973-1974 Kisteneff, A. Pierre 6 1 1973 Dr. Robt Davis 6 2 1974-1975 Prof. Bass 6 3 1973 Professor Glicksman 6 4 1972-1973 FPG Correspondence 6 5 1973-1974 FPG Executive Committee 6 6 1973-1974 Correspondence 6 7 1990 Correspondence 6 8 1989 Correspondence 6 9 1988 Correspondence 6 10 1987 Correspondence 6 11 1986 Correspondence 6 12 1985 Correspondence 6 13 1984 Correspondence 6 14 1983 Correspondence 6 15 1982 Professor Glicksman 6 16 1978 Outgoing 6 17 1978 Incoming 6 18 1978 Outgoing 6 19 1977 Incoming 6 20 1977 (Outgoing) 6 21 1977 Professor Glicksman 6 22 1976 Outgoing (A) 6 23 1976 Incoming (A) 6 24 1976 (Outgoing) 6 25 1975 Incoming (A) 6 26 1975 Outgoing (A) 6 27 1975 Professor Glicksman 6 28 1974 Incoming (A) 6 29 1974 Incoming (B) 6 30 1974 Outgoing (A) 6 31 1974 Outgoing (B) 6 32 1974 Professor Glicksman 6 33 1973 (Incoming) A 6 34 1973 Incoming B 6 35 1973 Correspondence - Misc. 7 1 1975-1979 Outgoing A 7 2 1973 Outgoing B 7 3 1973 Professor Glicksman 7 4 1972 Incoming A 7 5 1972 Incoming B 7 6 1972 Outgoing (A) 7 7 1972 Outgoing (B) 7 8 1972 Glicky 7 9 1971 Outgoing B 7 10 1971 Incoming B 7 11 1971 Outgoing A 7 12 1971 Glicksman 7 13 1970 Glicksman 7 14 1969 Correspondence - M.C. Steele 7 15 1960-1963 Tokyo Laboratories 7 16 1969 Tokyo Laboratories 7 17 1968 Tokyo Laboratories 7 18 1967 Notebooks (14) 7 1969-1979 Notebooks (8) 8 1980-1990