Birth date: May 31, 1931 Death date: Jul 27, 2019
John Robert Schrieffer, 88 passed away peacefully on July 27, 2019 in Tallahassee, FL. Bob was born in 1931 outside of Chicago. He moved with his family as a young boy to a small town in Florida, Eustis. His father was a successf Read Obituary
I am deeply saddened by the loss of my respected Ph.D. thesis adviser Professor Schrieffer at UC Santa Barbara. I have always remembered his advice - “Don’t be afraid to ask stupid questions ”. He’ll live forever in our hearts.
Jinming Dong
Bob Schrieffer was my dear friend, mentor, "wise man" in my professional life. We became good friend in 1975 when he visited China with the American Solid State Physics Delegation. That was the most difficult period for Chinese scientists. Bob greatly appreciated our joint research work with HAO Bailin on the calculation of critical exponents for continuous phase transitions during that period, in total isolation. He kindly included his evaluation in the published Report of the Delegation. That helped us a lot in establishing scientific contacts with the outside world. Bob later invited me to visit the Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara and offered me to use his beautiful office in Physics Building overseeing the Pacific Ocean. He also introduced me to Stig Lundqvist from Sweden who suggested to appoint me as the Staff Scientist and Head
of the Condensed Matter Section at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, where I spent almost 17 years. I will attach two photos to support the above statements.
Bob's vision and intelligence in science, humbleness, humor and warmth in friendship will always be thriving in my mind. I miss him deeply!
YU Lu. Beijing, China 3 August, 2019
