Polykarp Kusch

Polykarp Kusch
Kusch in 1955
Born	(1911-01-26)January 26, 1911 Blankenburg, District of Blankenburg, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire
Died	March 20, 1993(1993-03-20) (aged 82) Dallas, Texas, United States
Alma mater	University of Illinois Case Western Reserve University
Known for	Measured the magnetic moment of the electron
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (1955)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Texas at Dallas Columbia University
Thesis	The molecular spectra of caesium and rubidium (1936)
Doctoral advisor	Francis Wheeler Loomis
Doctoral students	Eugene D. Commins Gordon Gould Sheldon Schultz [de]

Polykarp Kusch (January 26, 1911 – March 20, 1993) was a German-born American physicist. In 1955, the Nobel Committee gave a divided Nobel Prize for Physics, with one half going to Kusch for his accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics. (The other 1955 physics laureate was Willis Eugene Lamb, who won for his work on the spectrum of hydrogen.)