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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsBenjamin Chalmers Frazer
Dates
July 19, 1922 – June 23, 2010
Authorized Form of Name
Frazer, Benjamin Chalmers
Additional Forms of Names
Frazer, Benjamin C.
Biography
Abstract
Benjamin C. Frazer was Consultant on Physics at the Southeastern Universities Research Association (1991-2010). Other institutional affiliations include the United States Department of Energy and Brookhaven National Laboratory. His research interests included phase transformations and ferroelectricity.
Important Dates
July 19, 1922Birth, Birmingham (Ala.).
1947Obtained BS, Auburn University (Alabama Polytechnic Institute), Auburn (Ala.).
1948Obtained MS, Auburn University (Alabama Polytechnic Institute), Auburn (Ala.).
1952Obtained PhD in Physics, Pennsylvania State Unviersity, State College (Pa.).
1952 – 1955Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1955 – 1958Physicist, Research Laboratories, Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
1958 – 1983Physicist (1958-1967); Senior Physicist (1967-1983); Chair, Department of Physics (1967-1974); and Associate Chair, Solid State Physics (1974-1975), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island (N.Y.).
1962 – 1963Guest Scientist, Puerto Rico Nuclear Center.
1974 – 1981Managing Editor, The Physical Review, American Physical Society.
1984 – 1991Physical Scientist (1984-1985) and Chief, Solid State Physics and Materials Chemistry, Division of Materials Sciences (1986-1991), United States Department of Energy, Washington (D.C.).
1991 – 2010Consultant on Physics, Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA), Washington (D.C.).
June 23, 2010Death.
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Phase transformations (Statistical physics).
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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.
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.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Both employed at Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Managing Editor, The Physical Review.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Research Associate; Physicist; Senior Physicist; Chair, Department of Physics; and Associate Chair, Solid State Physics.
Puerto Rico Nuclear Center
Guest Scientist.
Southeastern Universities Research Association (U.S.)
Consultant on Physics.
United States. Department of Energy
Physical Scientist and Chief, Solid State Physics and Materials Chemistry, Division of Materials Sciences.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Physicist, Research Laboratories.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Obtained BS (1947) and MS (1948).
Pennsylvania State University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1952).