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President Robert C. Dynes was the 18th president of the University of California, from October 2003 to June 2008. A first-generation college graduate and a distinguished physicist, President Dynes served as the sixth Chancellor of UC’s San Diego campus from 1996 to 2003. He came to UC San Diego in 1990 after a 22-year career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he served as department head of semiconductor and material physics research and director of chemical physics research. His numerous scientific honors include the 1990 Fritz London Award in Low Temperature Physics and his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1989. While president, Dynes also was a professor of physics at UC Berkeley, where he directs a laboratory that focuses on superconductivity and incorporates postdoctoral and graduate students in physics and materials science as well as undergraduates. As a professor of physics at UC San Diego, he founded an interdisciplinary laboratory where chemists, electrical engineers, and private industry researchers investigated the properties of metals, semiconductors, and superconductors. He subsequently became chairman of the physics department and then Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Active in the national scientific arena, he is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He serves on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness. He is a Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology and a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum. He serves on the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth and the Governor’s Nurse Education Initiative Task Force. A native of London, Ontario, Canada, and a naturalized United States citizen, Dynes holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Western Ontario and master's and doctorate degrees in physics and an honorary doctor of science degree from McMaster University. He also holds an honorary doctorate from L’Université de Montréal. Curriculum vitae
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