| Arno Penzias  AKA Arno Allan Penzias
Born: 26-Apr-1933
Birthplace: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Detected primordial radiation Military service: US Army (Signal Corps, two years) Wife: (married)
University: BS Physics, City College of New York (1954)
University: MA Physics, Columbia University (1958)
University: PhD Physics, Columbia University (1962)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1978 (with Robert Woodrow Wilson and Pyotr Kapitsa)
Henry Draper Medal 1977 (with Robert Woodrow Wilson)
Bell Laboratories (1962-98)
Exploratorium
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Physical Society
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
Friends of Joe Lieberman
Gore 2000
National Academy of Sciences
IEEE 1990
Author of books:
Ideas and Information (1989)
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