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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectSolomon J. Buchsbaum
Dates
December 4, 1929 – March 8, 1993
Authorized Form of Name
Buchsbaum, Solomon J.
Biography
Abstract
Solomon J. Buchsbaum was a top official at Bell Laboratories and the chair of the White House Science Council under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. His research specialty was gaseous and solid plasmas. His institutional affiliations include McGill University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Sandia National Laboratories.
Important Dates
December 4, 1929Birth, Stryĭ (Ukraine).
1952Obtained BS, McGill University, Montréal (Québec).
1953Obtained MSc, McGill University, Montréal (Québec).
1957Obtained PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1957 – 1958Researcher, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1958 – 1968Member, Technical Staff (1958-1961); Department Head (1961-1965); and Director, Electronics Research Laboratory (1965-1968), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1965 – 1975Member, Standing Committee on Controlled Thermonuclear Research (1965-1972) and Member, Fusion Power Coordinating Committee (1972-1975), United States Atomic Energy Commission.
1968Chair, Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
1968 – 1971Vice President of Research, Sandia National Laboratories.
1971 – 1973Member, President's Science Advisory Committee.
1971 – 1984Executive Director, Research in Communications Science Division (1971-1975); Executive Director, Transmission Systems Division (1975-1979); Vice President, Network Planning and Customer Systems (1976-1979); and Senior Vice President, Technological Systems (1979-1993), Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1972 – 1977Chair, Defense Science Board, United States Department of Defense.
1973Member, National Academy of Engineering.
1974Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1975 – 1976Member, Fusion Power Coordinating Committee, United States Energy Research and Development Administration.
1978 – 1981Member, Naval Research Advisory Board, United States Navy.
1978 – 1981Chair, Energy Research Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy.
1979 – 1982Member, Board of Trustees, Argonne Universities Association.
1980 – 1986Member, Council, National Academy of Engineering.
1982 – 1990Chair, White House Science Council.
1982 – 1992Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation.
1984 – 1993Senior Vice President, Technological Systems, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1985 – 1988Member, Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory.
1986Awarded National Medal of Science.
1990 – 1993Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
March 8, 1993Death, Morristown (N.J.).
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
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People
Family
Buchsbaum, Adam L.
Son.
Buchsbaum, David J.
Son.
Buchsbaum, Phyllis Isenman
Wife.
Steinbach, Dorothy
Sister.
Colleagues
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories and President's Science Advisory Committee.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
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Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both worked on President's Science Advisory Committee.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Additional
Allis, William P. (William Phelps), 1901-1999
McKay, Kenneth Gardiner
Institutions
Major Positions
Senior Vice President, Technological Systems.
Member, Technical Staff; Department Head; Director, Electronics Research Laboratory; Executive Director, Research in Communications Science Division; Executive Director, Transmission Systems Division; Vice President, Network Planning and Customer Systems; and Senior Vice President, Technological Systems.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Researcher.
Sandia National Laboratories
Vice President of Research.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chair, Division of Plasma Physics.
Member, Board of Governors.
Argonne Universities Association
Member, Board of Trustees.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1957.
McGill University. Physics Department
Obtained BS in 1952 and MSc in 1953.
National Academy of Engineering
Member, Council.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (U.S.)
Member.
Rand Corporation
Member, Board of Trustees.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Member, Standing Committee on Controlled Thermonuclear Research and Member, Fusion Power Coordinating Committee.
United States. Defense Science Board
Chair.
United States. Department of Energy
Chair, Energy Research Advisory Board.
United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
Member, Fusion Power Coordinating Committee.
United States. Navy
Member, Naval Research Advisory Board.
United States. President's Science Advisory Committee
Member.
White House Science Council
Chair.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
AT&T Archives and History Center records, 1869- present.
AT& T Archives and History Center
AT& T Inc.
5 Reinman Road, Warren, NJ 07060, USA
William Allis papers, 1924-1989.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Solomon J. Buchsbaum Physics Today obituary.
Solomon J. Buchsbaum, Physicist And Presidential Adviser, 63, Dies.
Solomon J. Buchsbaum: 1929-1993, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences