Question: Facts:   - website: http://divineneutrality.org/    - residence: santa cruz , california , usa    - prizes: alexander von humboldt research award 1974    - known for: superfluid helium    - birth name: marvin chester    - spouse: elfi chester    - field: physics    - doctoral advisor: john r. pellam richard phillips feynman      - name: marvin chester    - nationality: american    - image: marvin_chester . jpg    - birth place: new york , new york   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marvin chester .
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marvin chester -lrb- born 1931 in new york , new york -rrb- is a ucla emeritus professor of physics who specializes in quantum mechanics .after receiving his b.s. undergraduate degree from the city college of new york in 1952 , he studied under richard feynman and john r. pellam at california institute of technology where he received his ph.d. in physics in 1961 .thereafter he spent the following 31 years -lrb- 1961 to 1992 -rrb- as a faculty member in the physics department at ucla .