Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, a German-Americanphysicist, was born the son of art historian, Erwin Panofsky. He would complete his undergraduate study at Princeton University and obtained his doctorate at Caltech. From 1945-51, Panofsky occupied an assistant professorship at Berkeley before permanently establishing himself as a Professor of Physics at Stanford. In 1961, Panofsky was appointed the director of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry. ... The word physicist should not be confused with physician, which means medical doctor. ... Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ... For other Princetons, see Princeton. ... The California Institute of Technology (commonly known as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... (The wind of freedom blows. ... The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is a U.S. national laboratory operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy. ...