Polykarp Kusch

Polykarp Kusch was an American physicist and university teacher born in Blankenburg in 1911. He worked at Columbia University and the University of Texas at Dallas. His academic background included studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and Case Western Reserve University. He received his doctoral education under Francis Wheeler Loomis.

Kusch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His students included Gordon Gould and Eugene Commins. He died in Dallas in 1993.