Cécile DeWitt-Morette
Cécile Andrée Paule DeWitt-Morette (21 December 1922 – 8 May 2017) was a French mathematician and physicist. She founded a summer school at Les Houches in the French Alps.
Cécile DeWitt-Morette | |
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 Cécile DeWitt-Morette (left) with Bryce DeWitt (right) | |
| Born | 21 December 1922 |
| Died | 8 May 2017 (aged 94) |
| Known for | École de Physique des Houches |
| Spouse(s) | Bryce DeWitt (1951-2004; his death; 4 children) |
| Awards | Marcel Grossmann Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics Functional integration |
| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Texas at Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Heitler Louis de Broglie |
| Doctoral students | Charles Doering Tianrong Zhang |
For her publications, she was awarded the American Society of the French Legion of Honour 2007 Medal for Distinguished Achievement.[1] Attendees at the summer school included over twenty students who would go on to be Nobel Prize winners, including Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Georges Charpak, and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, who identify the school for helping in their success.
In 1951, she married American physicist Bryce DeWitt.[2] He died in 2004. They had four children.
References
- Cécile DeWitt-Morette profile, seniorwomen.com; accessed 18 June 2015.
- "Oral History Transcript: Drs Bryce DeWitt & Cecile DeWitt-Morette". American Institute of Physics. 28 February 1995. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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