Thomas Rosenbaum
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| name = Thomas Rosenbaum |
| name = Thomas Rosenbaum |
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| caption = Rosenbaum in 2010 |
| caption = Rosenbaum in 2010 |
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| office = 8th |
| office = 8th president of the [[California Institute of Technology]] |
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| term_start = July 1, 2014 |
| term_start = July 1, 2014 |
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| spouse = [[Katherine Faber]] |
| spouse = [[Katherine Faber]] |
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| education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of [[Princeton University]] ([[Master of |
| education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) [[Princeton University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Rosenbaum grew up in [[Queens|Queens, New York City]], where he spent much of his time playing basketball and frequenting theater and jazz productions.{{Cite web |title=Episode 7 Transcript: A Formula for Success |url=http://thelonelyidea.caltech.edu/episode-7-thomas-rosenbaum-caltech-podcast |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Lonely Idea Podcast |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-12-10 |title=Q&A with Dr. Rosenbaum |url=https://magazine.caltech.edu/esblog/2014/12/10/qa-with-dr-rosenbaum |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Caltech Magazine |language=en-US}} He is of German-Jewish descent, with both sets of his grandparents having left Germany after [[World War II]].{{Cite web|url=https://president.caltech.edu/speeches-and-writings/speech-transcripts/inaugural-address|title=Inaugural Address|website=Office of the President}} During the height of the [[Cold War]], Rosenbaum was inspired by the [[Apollo program]] and the [[Moon landing]]s to pursue physics as a means to solve the world's problems. He attended [[Forest Hills High School (New York)|Forest Hills High School]] in [[Queens]], and was a finalist in the 1973 [[Westinghouse Science Talent Search]].{{cite news |title=New York Youths Win in Science |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/20/archives/4-new-york-youths-win-in-science-other-new-yorkers.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 20, 1973 |page=76}}{{cite web |last1=Ajmera |first1=Maya |title=Conversations with Maya: Thomas Rosenbaum |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/sponsored/conversations-maya-thomas-rosenbaum |website=Science News |publisher=Society for Science & the Public |accessdate=28 April 2019}} He received his bachelor's degree in physics with honors from [[Harvard University]] in 1977. He then went on to work with Professor Gordon A. Thomas at [[Princeton University]], where he earned his Ph.D. in 1982. |
Rosenbaum grew up in [[Queens|Queens, New York City]], where he spent much of his time playing basketball and frequenting theater and jazz productions.{{Cite web |title=Episode 7 Transcript: A Formula for Success |url=http://thelonelyidea.caltech.edu/episode-7-thomas-rosenbaum-caltech-podcast |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Lonely Idea Podcast |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-12-10 |title=Q&A with Dr. Rosenbaum |url=https://magazine.caltech.edu/esblog/2014/12/10/qa-with-dr-rosenbaum |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Caltech Magazine |language=en-US}} He is of German-Jewish descent, with both sets of his grandparents having left Germany after [[World War II]].{{Cite web|url=https://president.caltech.edu/speeches-and-writings/speech-transcripts/inaugural-address|title=Inaugural Address|website=Office of the President}} During the height of the [[Cold War]], Rosenbaum was inspired by the [[Apollo program]] and the [[Moon landing]]s to pursue physics as a means to solve the world's problems. He attended [[Forest Hills High School (New York)|Forest Hills High School]] in [[Queens]], and was a finalist in the 1973 [[Westinghouse Science Talent Search]].{{cite news |title=New York Youths Win in Science |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/20/archives/4-new-york-youths-win-in-science-other-new-yorkers.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 20, 1973 |page=76}}{{cite web |last1=Ajmera |first1=Maya |title=Conversations with Maya: Thomas Rosenbaum |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/sponsored/conversations-maya-thomas-rosenbaum |website=Science News |publisher=Society for Science & the Public |accessdate=28 April 2019}} He received his bachelor's degree in physics with honors from [[Harvard University]] in 1977. He then went on to work with Professor Gordon A. Thomas at [[Princeton University]], where he earned his Ph.D. in 1982.{{cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303077999 |title=Coulomb Interactions And Localization In A Disordered System |date=1982 |publisher=[[Princeton University]] |type=Ph.D. |last=Rosenbaum |first=Thomas F.|id={{ProQuest|303077999}} |url-access=subscription |oclc=79619652}} |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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