John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American mathematician and physicist who worked as a university teacher. He was born in Middletown and died in Cambridge in 1980. His professional affiliations included Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Minnesota, and Leiden University. He was educated at Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where his doctoral advisor was Edwin C. Kemble.

Van Vleck received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Elliott Cresson Medal, and the Lorentz Medal. He participated in the Manhattan Project and was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His doctoral students included Philip W. Anderson, Robert Serber, H. Eugene Stanley, and John V. Breakwell.