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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectMaurice Goldhaber
Dates
April 18, 1911 – May 11, 2011
Authorized Form of Name
Goldhaber, Maurice, 1911-2011
Biography
Abstract
Maurice Goldhaber was Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1950-2011). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Cambridge University. His research interests included beta decay and neutrinos.
Important Dates
April 18, 1911Birth, Lviv (Ukraine).
1936Obtained PhD in Physics, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).
1936 – 1938Charles Kingley Bye Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge University.
1938 – 1950Assistant Professor of Physics (1938-1943); Associate Professor of Physics (1943-1945); and Professor of Physics (1945-1950), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).
1950 – 2011Senior Scientist (1950-1960); Chair, Department of Physics (1960-1961); Director (1961-1973); Distinguished Scientist, Department of Physics (1973-1985); and Distinguished Scientist Emeritus (1985-2011), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1951 – 1953Associate Editor, Physical Review.
1958Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1961 – 2011Adjunct Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
1969 – 1970Chair, Nuclear Physics Division, American Physical Society.
1971Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
1982President, American Physical Society.
1983Awaraded National Medal of Science.
1991Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics.
1998Awarded Enrico Fermi Award, United States Department of Energy.
May 11, 2011Death, East Setauket (N.Y.).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Goldhaber, Alfred S.
Son.
Brother.
Wife, married in 1939. Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goldhaber, Michael
Son.
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at University of Cambridge in nuclear physics.
Research advisor at University of Berlin (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin).
Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
Research advisor at Universitat Berlin.
Advised by Goldhaber at University of California, Berkeley.
Research advisor at Universitat Berlin.
Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011
Advised by Goldhaber at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in Immunochemistry.
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Additional
Blewett, John P. (John Paul), 1910-
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967
Cranberg, Lawrence, 1917-
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Gentner, Wolfgang, 1906-1980
Hill, R. D. (Robert Dickson), 1913-
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958
Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975
Occhialini, Giuseppe, 1907-1993
Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Robson, J. M. (John Michael), 1920-1980
Weneser, Joseph, 1922-
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Senior Scientist; Chair, Department of Physics; Director; Distinguished Scientist, Department of Physics; and Distinguished Scientist Emeritus.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Department of Physics
Adjunct Professor.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chair, Nuclear Physics Division; President; Associate Editor, Physical Review; and received 1971 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Magdalene College (University of Cambridge)
Charles Kingley Bye Fellow.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. Department of Energy
Received 1998 Enrico Fermi Award.
University of Cambridge. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (Physics) in 1936.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Wolf Foundation Prizes
Received 1991 Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Brookhaven National Laboratory archives, 1946-1989.
Research Library.
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Upton, NY 11973, USA.
Distinguished speakers session [sound recording] 1982 April 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
High energy physics session [sound recording], 1964 April 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maurice Goldhaber, 1967 January 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Symposium of the history of physics [videorecording]: the coming of age of nuclear physics - the 1930s.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
John P. Blewett papers, 1821-2000 (bulk 1940-1995).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Joseph Weneser response to 1988 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1988.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Lawrence Cranberg papers, 1962-2000.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Giuseppe Occhialini, 1971 April 5, 6, May 16, 17, and November 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Chadwick, 1969 April 15, 16, 17 and 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John P. Blewett, 1979 March 22 and May 11.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Norman Ramsey, 1978 December 19, 1979 January 5 and 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Philip Morrison, 1967 February 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Dickson Hill, 2000 July 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Dickson Hill, 2000 July 3.
Manuscripts Section
National Library of Australia
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Oral history interview with Robert Serber, 1967 February 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wolfgang Gentner, 1971 November 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"Maurice Goldhaber: 1911-2011", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
A Festschrift for Maurice Goldhaber / [editors, G. Feinberg, A.W. Sunyar, and J. Weneser].