Keith A. Brueckner earned a PhD in Physics from University of Minnesota in 1950 and began working at the University of California, San Diego in 1959. He hired scientists in solid s...view moreKeith A. Brueckner earned a PhD in Physics from University of Minnesota in 1950 and began working at the University of California, San Diego in 1959. He hired scientists in solid state physics, plasma physics, and astrophysics that included two Nobel Prize recipients. Dr. Brueckner climbed for over fifty years in Europe and America. He died in 2014 at the age of ninety.view less