Fritz Luty (1928 – 11 September 2017) was an American physicist.[1]

He was born in Essen, Germany, and briefly saw action as a teenager in the German Army towards the end of World War II. He then studied physics and was awarded a PhD by the University of Göttingen. After working as an assistant professor in Stuttgart, he moved in 1965 to the United States to be a full professor at the University of Utah, where he subsequently spent his whole career. [2]

He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1972. [3]

He was married with two sons.

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  1. ^ "Fritz Luty". utah.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Fritz Luty". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 14 July 2020.