Valentine Telegdi facts for kids

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Born	Valentine Louis Telegdi (1922-01-11)January 11, 1922 Budapest, Hungary
Died	April 8, 2006(2006-04-08) (aged 84) Pasadena, California, United States
Awards	Wolf Prize in Physics (1991) Lilienfeld Prize (1995) ForMemRS United States National Academy of Sciences member (1968)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Chicago ETH Zürich CERN California Institute of Technology

Valentine Louis Telegdi (Hungarian: Telegdi Bálint; 11 January 1922 – April 8, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American physicist. He was the Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago before he moved to ETH Zürich.

After retiring from ETH he divided his time between CERN and the California Institute of Technology. Telegdi chaired CERN's scientific policy committee from 1981 to 1983.

According to György Marx he was one of The Martians.

Awards and honours

In 1991 he shared the Wolf Prize in Physics with Maurice Goldhaber. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2003.

See also

• The Martians (scientists)