Stanley Wojcicki
| Stanley Wojcicki | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Stanisław Wójcicki |
| Born |
March 30, 1937 Warsaw, Poland |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley PhD. Harvard University, B.A. |
| Thesis | Pion-Hyperon Resonances (1962) |
| Notable awards | Panofsky Prize (2015) |
| Spouse | Esther Wojcicki |
| Children |
Susan Wojcicki Janet Wojcicki Anne Wojcicki |
University of California, Berkeley PhD.
Stanley George Wojcicki (/woʊˈdʒɪtski/ woh-JIT-skee; Polish: [vujˈt͡ʃit͡skʲi]; born Stanisław Wójcicki; March 30, 1937) is a Polish American emeritus professor and former chair of the physics department at Stanford University in California, United States.
Wojcicki was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Janina Wanda Ewa Wójcicka (née Kozłowska), a bibliographer, and Franciszek Wójcicki, a lawyer. He and his brother fled from Poland to Sweden with his mother at the age of 12, when communists came to power. They eventually arrived in the United States. His father remained in Poland, and was soon imprisoned for five years for being a member of the government's main opposition party. He was never able to get a visa to come to the United States.
Wojcicki and his brother were sent to a boarding school run by the Franciscan order near Buffalo, New York. He excelled in mathematics and had thought of pursuing either engineering or medicine, but decided to study physics. He attended Harvard University on a scholarship and graduated with a BA. He later attended University of California, Berkeley where he earned a PhD.
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