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Willis Eugene Lamb

Willis Eugene Lamb was bor non July 12, 1913 in Los
Angeles. His dad was an ingenier from Minesota and his
mam was from Nebraska.
Willis studied in University of California, he studied
and doctorated in physics.
He works in a physics investigations and his
discoveries concerning the fine estructure of the
hydrogen spectrum.
His thesis research on the electromagnetic properties
of nuclear systems was directed by professor J.R.
Oppenheimer.

In 1939 he married Ursula Schaefer, a student from Germany.

Willis received a lot of prizes; in 1953 he received the Rumford Premium of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
One year later the University of Pennsylvania conferred an honorary degree of DCs.
In 1955 he received the Research Corporation Award and the Novel prize in physics.
Finally he died on 15 May, 2008 with 95 years old in America.