Isidor Isaac Rabi
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Isidor Isaac Rabi PhD '27 was member of the physics department from 1929 until 1967, and continued to hold the titled University Professor Emeritus and Special Lecturer until his death in 1988. He won the 1944 Nobel Prize for physics.
Rabi was the first professor honored with the rank of University Professor when it was established in 1964.
Rabi, despite being one of America's most brilliant scientists, was a notoriously bad lecturer. Of course this didn't stop so many of his grad students from going on to win the Nobel Prize that the term "Rabi Tree" was used to visually describe his impact on the field of physics.
