Fritz Luty


Fritz Luty was an American physicist.
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 US to be a full professor at the University of Utah, where he subsequently spent his whole career.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1972.
He was married with two sons.