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Rainwater's explanation, published in 1950, showed that atomic nuclei are not always spherical, as had been generally believed, and explained both the individual motions of nuclear particles and how these factors affect the collective behavior and sometimes asymmetrical shape of the nucleus. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975.<p><b>Father:</b> Leo Jaspar Rainwater (civil engineer, b. 1884, d. 1918 influenza pandemic)<br><b>Mother:</b> Edna Eliza Teague Rainwater Fowler (b. 1889)<br><b>Father:</b> George Fowler (stepfather)<br><b>Brother:</b> George Fowler, Jr. (half-brother, Naval officer)<br><b>Wife:</b> Emma Louise Smith (m. 1942, d. 2005, three sons, one daughter)<br><b>Son:</b> James<br><b>Son:</b> Robert<br><b>Son:</b> William<br><b>Daughter:</b> Elizabeth Ann (d. childhood, leukemia)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/584/000082338/">BS, California Institute of Technology (1939)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">PhD, Columbia University (1946)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Physics Assistant, Columbia University (1939-42)</a><br> Lecturer: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Physics, Columbia University (1946-47)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Physics, Columbia University (1947-52)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Physics, Columbia University (1952-82)</a><br> Administrator: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Nevis Cyclotron Laboratory, Columbia University (1951-53, 1956-61)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Pupin Professor of Physics, Columbia University (1982-86)</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/203/000165705/">E. O. Lawrence Award</a> 1963<br> <a href="/honors/201/000067997/">Nobel Prize for Physics</a> 1975 (with <a href="/people/895/000099598/">Aage N. Bohr</a> and <a href="/people/898/000099601/">Ben R. Mottelson</a>)<br> <a href="/group/738/000055573/">Manhattan Project</a> <br> <a href="/org/766/000051613/">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> <br> <a href="/org/208/000196617/">American Association of Physics Teachers</a> <br> <a href="/org/960/000117609/">American Institute of Physics</a> <br> <a href="/org/496/000071283/">American Physical Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/603/000052447/">IEEE</a> <br> <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a> 1968<br> <a href="/org/359/000122990/">New York Academy of Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/org/116/000116765/">Optical Society of America</a> <br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 1985<br> <a href="/event/170/000087906/">Heart Attack</a> 31-May-1986 (fatal)<br> <a href="/lists/516/000044384/">English Ancestry</a> (paternal)<br> <p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99604"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99604">James Rainwater</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=99604" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>