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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectR. G. Herb
Dates
January 22, 1908 – October 1, 1996
Authorized Form of Name
Herb, R. G. (Raymond George), 1908-1996
Additional Forms of Names
Herb, Ray (Raymond George), 1908-1996
Herb, Raymond George, 1908-1996
Biography
Abstract
Raymond George Herb was President and Chair, Board of Directors of the National Electrostatics Corporation (1965-1996). Other institutional affiliations included the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research interests included electrostatic accelerators and vacuum technology.
Important Dates
January 22, 1908Birth, Navarino (Wis.).
1931Obtained BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).
1935Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).
1935 – 1972Research Associate in Physics (1935-1939); Assistant Professor of Physics (1939-1940); Associate Professor to Professor of Physics (1940-1961); and Charles Mendenhall Professor of Physics (1961-1972), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison (Wis.).
1941 – 1946Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Radiation Laboratory.
1955Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1965 – 1996President and Chair, Board of Directors, National Electrostatics Corporation, Middleton (Wis.).
1968Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
October 1, 1996Death.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Herb, Anne Williamson
Wife, married in 1945.
Herb, Emily
Daughter.
Herb, R. (Rebecca), 1948-
Daughter.
Herb, Sara
Daughter.
Herb, Stephen
Son.
Herb, William
Son.
Advisors & Collaborators
Berners, E. D. (Edgar D.)
Advised by Herb at University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Deviations from a pure s-wave anomaly in the proton-proton scattering cross sections between 1.4 and 2.1 Mev."
Advised by Herb at University of Wisconsin, Madison, "The Resonance Scattering of Protons by Lithium."
Mendenhall, Charles E. (Charles Elwood), 1872-1935
PhD advisor at University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Yield of alpha-particles from lithium films bombarded by protons."
Colleagues
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Barschall, H. H. (Henry Herman), 1915-1997
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Webb, M. B. (Maurice Barnett), 1926-
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Additional
Hanson, Alfred Olaf, 1914-
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000
Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Institutions
Major Positions
National Electrostatics Corporation
President and Chair, Board of Directors.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Physics
Obtained BA (1931) and PhD in Physics (1935). Research Associate in Physics; Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor to Professor of Physics; and Charles Mendenhall Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1986 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory
Researcher.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
American Vacuum Society interview collection, 1991-2013.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
General interest session [sound recording], 1968 April 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gregory Breit Symposium [sound recording], 1968 May 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Raymond George Herb, 1976 April.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Raymond George Herb, 1982 October 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Raymond G. Herb papers, 1938-1989.
University Archives
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA
University of Wisconsin--Madison Archives. Oral History Project: Selected Interviews with Physics and Astronomy Staff and Students.
University Archives
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Physics records, 1885-1962.
University Archives
University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Steenbock Library, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Subject
Alfred Olaf Hanson response to 1981 History of Nuclear Physics Survey, 1981.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward Creutz, 2006 January 9 and 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Emanuel Ruben Piore, 1977 March 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Clarke Slater, 1970 February 23 and August 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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 Thomas Lauritsen, 1967 February 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert G. Sachs letters concerning Merle Tuve's and Raymond Herb's physics research at Johns Hopkins University and the Univerity of Wisconsin, 1983-1984.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
"Raymond George Herb: 1908-1996", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences