11 Facts About Pief Panofsky

Pief Panofsky spent much of his early life in Hamburg, where his father was a professor of art history.

From 1945 to 1951, Pief Panofsky held an assistant and then associate professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, before permanently establishing himself as professor of physics at Stanford University.

Pief Panofsky was on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association from 1996 until 1999.

Pief Panofsky was a member of the board of sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and won the Matteucci Medal in 1996 for his fundamental contributions to physics.

Pief Panofsky was a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the Franklin Medal, the Ernest O Lawrence Medal, the Leo Szilard Award and the Enrico Fermi Award.

Pief Panofsky's elder brother, Hans A Panofsky, was "an atmospheric scientist who taught at Pennsylvania State University for 30 years and who was credited with several advances in the study of meteorology".

Pief Panofsky married Adele Irene DuMond, daughter of his PhD advisor, in 1942.

Adele Pief Panofsky was known at SLAC for her role in the building of the mounted Paleoparadoxia fossil skeleton display at the SLAC Visitors Center.

Pief Panofsky died at the age of 88 on September 24,2007, in Los Altos, California, from a heart attack.

Pief Panofsky stayed active at SLAC until his last day of life.

Pief Panofsky was survived by his wife of 65 years, Adele Panofsky, their five children, 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.