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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorBernard Leonard Cohen
Dates
June 14, 1924 – March 17, 2012
Authorized Form of Name
Cohen, Bernard Leonard, 1924-
Additional Forms of Names
Cohen, B. L.
Cohen, Bernard L., 1924-
Cohen, Bernard L. (Bernard Leonard), 1924-
Biography
Abstract
Bernard Cohen was a Professor Emeritus of Physics at University of Pittsburgh (1994-2012). His other institutional affiliations included Carnegie Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is best known for his research on radiation risks and radioactive waste.
Important Dates
June 14, 1924Birth, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1944Obtained BS, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland (Ohio).
1947 – 1949Assistant, Carnegie Institute of Technology.
1948Obtained MS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1950Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1950 – 1966Physicist and Group Leader (1950-1958) and Consultant (1958-1966), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge (Tenn.).
1958 – 2012Associate Professor (1958-1961); Professor of Physics (1961-1994); and Professor Emeritus of Physics (1994-2012), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1959 – 1960Consultant, General Atomics (GA).
1959 – 1961Consultant, Nuclear Science Engineering Corporation.
1962Consultant, Institute for Defense Analyses.
1965 – 1978Director, Scaife Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1971 – 1975Member, Executive Committee (1971-1973) and Chair, Division of Nuclear Physics (1974-1975), American Physical Society.
1973 – 1976Member, National Council, American Association of Physics Teachers.
1974 – 1975Visiting Staff Member, Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1976 – 1978Consultant, United States General Accounting Office.
1978 – 1979Visiting Staff Member, Argonne National Laboratory.
1978 – 1980Consultant, McGraw-Hill Energy Systems.
1980 – 1981Chair, Division of Environmental Sciences, American Nuclear Society.
1981Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
1988 – 1994Member, Committee on Risk Assessment, Health Physics Society.
March 17, 2012Death, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-
Both employed at University of Pittsburgh.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of Pittsburgh.
Fletcher, James Chipman, 1919-1991
Both employed at University of Pittsburgh.
Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985
Both employed at University of Pittsburgh.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Visiting Staff Member.
Carnegie Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Assistant.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Consultant; Physicist; Group Leader, Institute for Energy Analysis; and Visiting Staff Member.
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1948). Associate Professor; Professor of Physics; Professor Emeritus of Physics; and Director, Scaife Nuclear Physics Laboratory.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Association of Physics Teachers
Member, National Council.
American Nuclear Society
Chair, Division of Environmental Sciences.
Member, Executive Committee; Chair, Division of Nuclear Physics; and received 1981 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained PhD (Physics) in 1950.
Case Institute of Technology
Obtained BS in 1944.
GA (Series) (San Diego, Calif.)
Consultant.
Health Physics Society
Member, Committee on Risk Assessment.
Institute for Defense Analyses
Consultant.
McGraw-Hill Energy (Firm)
Consultant.
Nuclear Science Engineering Corporation
Consultant.
United States. General Accounting Office
Consultant.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
AAPM interviews with physicists in medicine [videorecordings], 1990-2014.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Before it's too late : a scientist's case for nuclear energy / Bernard L. Cohen.
Concepts of nuclear physics [by] Bernard L. Cohen.
The heart of the atom; the structure of the atomic nucleus [by] Bernard L. Cohen.
The nuclear energy option : an alternative for the 90s / Bernard L. Cohen.