What Physicists Do The Department of Physics and Astronomy has presented the "What Physicists Do" series each semester since Spring 1971. The entire history of the series includes more than 1000 speakers, many of which are prestigious award winners. Bruce Medal Dr. Sandra Faber, 05/06/1974 Dr. Sandra M. Faber, 10/05/1987 Dr. Sandra M. Faber, 03/02/1992 Dr. William A. Fowler, 03/31/1986 Dr. Robert P. Kraft, 03/26/1973 Dr. Robert Kraft, 04/22/1975 Dr. Robert Kraft, 12/03/1984 Dr. Donald E. Osterbrock, 11/09/1981 Dr. Donald E. Osterbrock, 04/04/1988 Dr. Vera C. Rubin, 03/16/1981 Dr. Edwin Salpeter, 11/05/1990 Dr. Allan Sandage, 10/31/1983 Dr. Frank H. Shu , 11/16/1976 Dr. Frank Shu, 04/20/2015 Crafoord Prize Dr. Roger Blandford, 02/15/2005 Dr. Edwin Salpeter, 11/05/1990 Dr. Allan Sandage, 10/31/1983 MacArthur Fellow Dr. David B. Goldstein, 04/15/1996 Dr. Carl Haber, 11/08/2004 Dr. Raymond Jeanloz, 09/25/1989 Dr. Raymond Jeanloz, 05/10/2010 Ned Kahn, 04/30/2007 Dr. Richard Muller, 12/02/1996 Dr. Richard Muller, 09/08/2008 Dr. Margaret Murnane, 04/08/2002 Dr. Douglas Osheroff, 09/10/1990 Dr. Douglas Osheroff, 03/06/1995 Dr. Rob Shaw, 05/15/1989 Dr. Peidong Yang, 03/20/2006 National Medal of Science Dr. Melvin Calvin, 05/11/1981 Dr. Marvin L. Cohen, 04/11/1983 Professor Marvin L. Cohen, 10/16/1995 Dr. Sally Dodson-Robinson, 11/03/2008 Dr. Sandra Faber, 05/06/1974 Dr. Sandra M. Faber, 10/05/1987 Dr. Sandra M. Faber, 03/02/1992 Dr. William A. Fowler, 03/31/1986 Dr. Darleane C. Hoffman, 04/28/1986 Dr. Darleane Hoffman, 11/06/2000 Dr. W. K. H Panofsky, 03/13/1978 Dr. W.K.H. Panofsky, 10/29/1979 Dr. Calvin F. Quate, 10/30/1995 Dr. Vera C. Rubin, 03/16/1981 Dr. Allan Sandage, 10/31/1983 Dr. Arthur L. Schawlow, 11/01/1982 Nobel Prize Professor F. Bloch, 02/28/1972 Dr. Melvin Calvin, 05/11/1981 Dr. William A. Fowler, 03/31/1986 Dr. Donald A. Glaser, 02/22/1988 Dr. Owen Chamberlain, 04/28/1980 Dr. Herbert Kroemer, 03/04/2002 Dr. Robert B. Laughlin, 05/04/1987 Dr. Douglas Osheroff, 09/10/1990 Dr. Douglas Osheroff, 03/06/1995 Dr. Saul Perlmutter, 11/11/1996 Dr. Arthur L. Schawlow, 11/01/1982 Dr. Melvin Schwartz, 03/12/1990 Dr. Emilio Segré, 10/01/1973 Dr. George Smoot, 05/07/1990 Dr. Richard Taylor, 10/14/1996 Dr. Carl Wieman, 10/03/2016
