Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Personal Papers
- American Physical Society. Panel on Public Affairs
- American Physical Society. Physical Planning Committee
- UW. Arts and Sciences College. Computer Literacy Committee
- UW. Cross-Disciplinary Studies Advisory Committee
- UW. Environmental Radiation Studies Committee
- UW. Institute for Environmental Studies Director Search Committee
- UW. Physical Sciences Interdisciplinary Committee
- UW. Department of Physics. Energy Committee (ad hoc)
- UW. Science and Technology Policy Commitee (Wolfle Committee)
- UW. Washington Energy Research Center. Steering Committee
- Names and Subjects
David Bodansky Papers, 1955-2001
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bodansky, David
- Title
- David Bodansky Papers
- Dates
- 1955-2001 (inclusive)19552001
- Quantity
- 4.45 cubic ft. (5 boxes, 1 vertical file)
- Collection Number
- (Accession No. 5270-001)
- Summary
- Papers of the University of Washington professor of physics.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Open to all users, except one file which is restricted.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
David Bodansky was born in New York, NY, in 1924. He received a B.S., magna cum laude, in electronic physics from Harvard in 1943. After serving in the Army Signal Corps from 1943-1946, he went on to receive a M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Harvard in 1948 and 1950 respectively. He taught at Columbia from 1950-1954. Bodansky joined the University of Washington Department of Physics faculty in 1954. He served as chairman of the department from 1976-1984 and retired in 1993. He chaired several committees at the UW, and served on many others. He was a member of the Faculty Senate in 1973-1974.
Bodansky's research interests included nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, radon gas and the environmental effects and hazards of nuclear energy. He published three books, including Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices and Prospects which is widely used as a textbook for courses on energy and the environment.
Outside of the UW, Bodansky was an active member of the American Physical Society. He was the chairmen of the American Physical Society Panel on Public Affairs from 1992-1996.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The David Bodansky Papers primarily document his service, from 1992-1996, as chairman of the American Physical Society's Panel on Public Affairs (APS PoPA). This subgroup contains email correspondence, both general and subject specific. Subject series within the PoPA subgroup cover a variety of topics including large files on the conservation of helium resources, the environmental effects of electromagnetic fields, and renewable sources of electricity. Other subject files discuss national defense issues, nuclear waste, and other controversies. Sub-subgroups document sub-committees of the Panel on Public Affairs with which Bodansky was involved, including Media, Steering and Energy and the Environment.
Other subgroups address Bodansky's involvement in UW Committees relating to issues of energy, the physical sciences, science and public policy, and interdisciplinary studies. One large file contains information on the President's Advisory Committee on Cross-Disciplinary Studies.
Bodansky's personal papers contain files related to the courses that he taught at the University of Washington and include notes, both published and unpublished, as well as lesson plans. One subject series file contains information about the 1955 controversy over J. Robert Oppenheimer's rejection as a possible lecturer by UW president Henry Schmitz.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Biographical Featues |
2001 |
Curriculum Files |
||
| Box | ||
| 1 | Arts and Sciences 402,
Development of Concepts in Optics,Winter |
1970 |
| 1 | Physics 100, Autumn |
1960 |
| 1 | Physics 110, Autumn |
1986 |
| 1 | Physics 111, Winter |
1987 |
| 1 | Physics 112, Spring |
1987 |
| 1 | Physics 114, Winter |
1997 |
| 1 | Physics 116, Winter |
1995 |
| 1 | Physics 123, Autumn |
1970 |
| 1 | Physics 221, Quantum Physics, Autumn |
1969 |
| 1 | Physics 223, Mechanical, Spring |
1969 |
| 1 | Physics 225, Winter |
1965 |
| 1 | Physics 226, Spring |
1965 |
| 1 | Physics 320 |
1956 |
| 1 | Physics 321, Autumn |
1975 |
| 1 | Physics 322, Winter |
1976 |
| 1 | Physics 323, Spring |
1976 |
| 1 | Physics 327, Nuclear Physics, Winter |
1969 |
| 2 | Physics 341, Autumn |
1992 |
| 2 | Physics 342, Solar Energy, Winter |
1992 |
| 2 | Physics 342, Solar Energy (unpublished) |
|
| 2 | Physics 343, Spring |
1992 |
| 2 | Physics 343, Environmental Radioactivity
(unpublished) |
1993 |
| 2 | Physics 576, Summer |
1962 |
| 2 | Physics 572, Nuclear, Spring |
1978 |
Subject Series |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Oppenheimer (J. Robert)
Case |
1955 |
American Physical Society. Panel on Public AffairsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | Historical Features |
n.d. |
General
Correspondence |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Hafemeister, David W. |
1994-1997 |
| 2 | Gerjuoy, Ed |
1994-1997 |
| 2 | Passamente, Nancy |
1994-1999 |
| 2 | Miscellaneous |
1992-1997 |
Correspondence by
Subject |
||
| Box | ||
| 2 | Committee on International
Scientific Affairs |
1995-1996 |
| 2 | Discrimination in APS awards |
1995 |
| 2 | Ethics |
1995 |
| 2 | Exxon Bill |
1995 |
| 2 | Forum of Physics and Society |
1995-1996 |
| 2 | History of Science |
1995 |
| 2 | Home Page Setup |
1995-1996 |
| 2 | Letter on Nuclear Waste |
1996 |
| 2 | Media Fellowship |
1995 |
| 2 | C-SPAN |
1995 |
| 3 | Membership |
1994-1995 |
| 3 | National Research Council, Environmental
Query |
1995 |
| 3 | National Security, Theater Missile Defense |
1995-1996 |
| 3 | National Institute of Health Letter to Harold
Varmus |
1996 |
| 3 | Science, Technology and Economic Growth
(STEG) |
1995 |
| 3 | Smithsonian Exhibit |
1994 |
| 3 | Taxation of the Nobel Prize |
1995 |
| 3 | Office of Technology Assessment |
1994-1995 |
| Box | ||
| 3 | Minutes |
1985-1987 |
| 3 | Meetings |
1995 |
| 3 | Reports |
1995 |
Subject Series |
||
| Box | ||
| 3 | Conservation of
Helium |
1995-1996 |
| 3 | Colorado Amendment |
1995 |
| 3 | Eagle Alliance |
1995-1996 |
| 3 | Electro-Magnetic Fields |
1994-1996 |
| 4 | Energy Studies |
1991-1993 |
| 4 | Naming of Elements |
1995 |
| 4 | Nuclear Statement |
1991-1994 |
| 4 | Patriot Missile Study |
1993-1996 |
| 4 | Plutonium Criticality |
1995 |
Renewable Sources of Electricity |
||
| Box | ||
| 4 | Correspondence |
1992 |
| 4 | Workshop |
1992 |
| 4 | Report |
1992-1993 |
| 4 | Proposals |
1992-1994 |
| Box | ||
| 4 | Science/Anti-Science |
1995-1997 |
| 4 | Science Budgets |
1995 |
| 4 | Statements, Policies |
1994-1995 |
| 4 | Unit Statements |
1994-1995 |
| Box | ||
| 4 | APS. PoPA. Media
Committee |
1995 |
| 4 | APS. PoPA. Energy and Environment
Committee |
1994-1996 |
| 4 | APS. PoPA. Steering
Comittee |
1994-1995 |
American Physical Society. Physical Planning Committee, 1995Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4
UW. Arts and Sciences College. Computer Literacy Committee, 1983Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4
UW. Cross-Disciplinary Studies Advisory Committee , 1969-1970Return to Top
Container(s): Box 4-5
UW. Environmental Radiation Studies Committee, 1985-1988Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
UW. Institute for Environmental Studies Director Search Committee, 1981, 1991Return to Top
Container(s): VF 1143
Restricted.
UW. Physical Sciences Interdisciplinary Committee, 1968Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
UW. Department of Physics. Energy Committee (ad hoc), 1973-1974Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
UW. Science and Technology Policy Commitee (Wolfle Committee), 1984-1998Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
UW. Washington Energy Research Center. Steering Committee, 1980-1981Return to Top
Container(s): Box 5
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Physicists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Physics teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Physics--Societies, etc
- Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)
Personal Names
- Bodansky, David--Archives
Corporate Names
- American Physical Society. Panel on Public Affairs
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
