Luis Walter Alvarez
American physicist and inventor
Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. Wikipedia
Born: June 13, 1911, San Francisco, CA
Died: September 1, 1988 (age 77 years), Berkeley, CA
Education: The University of Chicago (1936), The University of Chicago (1934), The University of Chicago (1932), and more
Parents: Harriet Smyth and Walter C. Alvarez
Awards: Enrico Fermi Award, Nobel Prize in Physics, Collier Trophy, and more
Children: Walter Alvarez
Siblings: Bernice Alvarez Brownson
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