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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: C.F. Quate papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0347
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1961-1984
Summary: Correspondence,
memoranda, press releases, contracts, grants, course materials and other records pertaining
to his research and teaching at Stanford, including work at the Ginzton Laboratory; and
offsets, glossies, and slides from the acoustic microscope project.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Calvin F. Quate, 1987.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
C.F. Quate Papers (SC0347). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Calvin F. Quate earned his degrees in electrical engineering at the University of Utah
(B.S., 1944) and Stanford University (Ph.D., 1950). He joined the Stanford faculty in 1961
as professor in the applied physics and electrical engineering departments, serving two
terms as chair of the department of applied physics. He was Associate Dean of Humanities and
Sciences from 1972-1974 and 1982-1983. In 1988 he received the IEEE's Medal of Honor for the
invention of the scanning acoustic microscope.
Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, contracts, grants, course materials and other
records pertaining to his research and teaching at Stanford, including work at the Ginzton
Laboratory; and offsets, glossies, and slides from the acoustic microscope project.
See also AM 2004-002, medals awarded to Quate:
IEEE Third Mellenium Medal, 2000
IEEE Medal of Honor 1988
National Medal of Science, 1992
National Medal of Technology
Aspen Highlands Silver Nastar
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Acoustic microscopes.
Electrical engineering
Physics -- Research.
Slides.