doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place imagesize awards nationality name field work_institutions birth_date alt doctoral_students image article_title birth_name alma_mater
james franck 27 may 1950 minneapolis , minnesota , usa lenox , iowa , usa 200 presidential medal for merit american john torrence tate physics university of minnesota , university of nebraska 28 july 1889 john -rrb- torrence tate , sr. -lrb- 1889 -- 1950 alfred otto carl nier walter brattain jttatesr.jpg john torrence tate , sr. .
 john torrence tate university of berlin , university of nebraska
john torrence tate , sr. .

john torrence tate , sr. -lrb- 1889 -- 1950 -rrb- was an american physicist noted for his editorship of `` physical review '' between 1926 and 1950 .
he is the father of mathematician john torrence tate jr. .
