Herbert Friedman

Dates

June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000

Authorized Form of Name

Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000

Biography

Abstract

Herbert Friedman was Emeritus Chief Scientist, E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, United States Navy (1963-2000). He also worked in the Atmosphere and Astrophysics Division and the Electron Optics Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory, United States Navy. His research interests included the upper atmosphere and solar x-rays.

Important Dates

June 21, 1916Birth, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

1936Obtained BS, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

1940Obtained PhD in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).

1940 – 2000Physicist, Metallurgy Department (1940-1941); Head, Electron Optics Branch (1941-1958); Superintendent, Atmosphere and Astrophysics Division (1958-1963); Superintendent, Space Science Division (1963-1980); Chief Scientist, E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research (1963-1980); and Emeritus Chief Scientist, E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research (1980-2000), Naval Research Laboratory, United States Navy, Washington (D.C.).

1945 – 1950Adjunct Professor, Naval Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland, United States Navy.

1960Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1960 – 1963Director, American Rocket Society.

1960 – 1975Member, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences.

1961 – 1980Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland.

1962 – 1975Member, Inter-UnionCommittee on the Ionosphere (1962-1966); President, Inter-Union Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (1963-1966); President, Special Committee for Solar-Terrestrial Physics (1966-1974); and Vice-President, Committee on Space Research (1971-1975), International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).

1964Member, American Philosophical Society.

1964Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1964 – 1968Member, Rocket Panel (1964-1968) and Member, Panel on Atmospheric Science (1964-1967), President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC).

1964 – 1970Member, Board of Trustees, International Academy of Astronautics.

1965 – 1970Member, Executive Committee, Council, American Geophysical Union.

1966 – 1969Visiting Professor, Yale University.

1966 – 1969Member, Council, American Astronomical Society.

1966 – 1970Member, Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research, Geophysics Research Board.

1966 – 1990Editor, Review of Space Science, Astronautics, and Aeronautics.

1967 – 1969Member, Committee on Science and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences.

1967 – 1970Member, Astronomy Missions Board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1967 – 1970Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.

1968Awarded National Medal of Science.

1968 – 1974Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission.

1969 – 1974Member, Executive Committee, Division of Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

1970Member, Executive Committee, Associated Universities, Inc.

1970 – 1972Chair, X-ray and Gamma Ray Panel, National Research Council.

1970 – 1973President, Commission 48 on High Energy Astrophysics, International Astronomical Union.

1970 – 1973Member, President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC).

1971 – 1974Chair, International Relations Committee, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences.

1971 – 1974Chair, Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences), National Academy of Sciences.

1972Vice-President and Chair, Section on Physics, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

1972Chair, Study on Stratospheric Ozone, National Research Council.

1974 – 1977Member, Space Program Advisory Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1976 – 1978Member, Advisory Board, Office of Physical Sciences, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

1976 – 1979Chair, Geophysics Research Board, National Research Council.

1977 – 1980Member, Climate Research Board, National Research Council.

1979 – 1982Member, Council, National Academy of Sciences.

1979 – 1982Member, Governing Board, National Research Council.

1980 – 1982Chair, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

1981 – 1986Member, Film Committee, National Academy of Sciences.

1982 – 1986Co-Chair, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

1985 – 1988Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association.

1986 – 1988Member, Advisory Board to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Universities Research Association.

1986 – 1992Member, Research Advisory Committee (1987-1992) and Martin-Marietta Fellow (1986-1987), National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

1987Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics.

1988 – 1994Member, Space Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences.

1989 – 1990Member, Astronomy Survey Committee, National Research Council.

1989 – 1992Member, Film Committee, National Academy of Sciences.

1993 – 1999Member, Council, American Philosophical Society.

September 9, 2000Death, Arlington (Va.).

Occupation

Geophysicist.

Places

Subjects

Relationships

People

Family

Friedman, Gertrude

Wife.

Friedman, Jon

Son, born 1947.

Friedman, Paul

Son, born 1944.

Advisors & Collaborators

Bearden, J. A., (Joyce Alvin), 1903-

PhD advisor at Johns Hopkins University regarding X-ray interactions with materials.