John L. Hall

Hall studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, where he made his Bachelor of Science in 1956, his master's degree in 1958 and eventually received his doctorate in physics in 1961. He went in 1964 to the University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder. Hall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2005, Hall received along with Roy J. Glauber and Theodor Hänsch received the Nobel Prize for Physics, where Hall and Hänsch were awarded each quarter and Glauber's half the price.