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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectHershel Markovitz
Dates
October 11, 1921 – August 26, 2006
Authorized Form of Name
Markovitz, Hershel, 1921-2006
Additional Forms of Names
Markovitz, H.
Markovitz, H., Hershel, 1921-2006
Biography
Abstract
Hershel Markovitz was awarded the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1967. He is well known for his work on linear viscoelasticity of polymer solutions.
Important Dates
October 11, 1921Birth, McKeesport (Pa.).
1942B.Sc in Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1949Ph.D in Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1949 – 1967Researcher, Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1958 – 1959Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University.
1961 – 1962Chairman, Division of High Polymer Physics, American Physical Society.
1964 – 1965Fulbright Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (Israel).
1966 – 1988Editor, Journal of Polymer Science.
1967Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1967 – 1986Professor, Polymer Science Program, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1967 – 1986Editor, Transactions of the Society of Rheology.
1969 – 1971President, Society of Rheology.
1982Awarded the Julius Ashkin Teaching Award, Carnegie Mellon University.
August 26, 2006Death, Jerusalem.
Occupation
Polymer rheologist.
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Advisors & Collaborators
Coleman, Bernard D. (Bernard David), 1930-
Collaborated on book, "Viscometric flows of non-Newtonian fluids."
Noll, W. (Walter), 1925-
Collaborated on book, "Viscometric flows of non-Newtonian fluids."
Padden, Frank Joseph, 1928-2002
Collaborated on research at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research.
Truesdell, C. (Clifford), 1919-2000
Co-founded the Society for Natural Philosophy.
Zapas, Louis J.
Collaborated on research at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research.
Additional
Griffiths, R. B. (Robert Budington)
Institutions
Major Positions
Carnegie-Mellon University
Obtained B.Sc in Chemistry (1942); Professor; and awarded the Julius Ashkin Teaching Award (1982).
Johns Hopkins University
Visiting lecturer.
Mellon Institute
Researcher.
Weizmann Institute of Science
Fulbright Fellow.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Chairman, Division of High Polymer Physics.
Columbia University
Obtained Ph.D in Chemistry (1949).
President; Awarded the Bingham Medal (1967); and editor of journal, Transactions of the Society of Rheology.
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Society of Rheology records, 1924-1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Physics Today article, "Bingham Medal Given To Hershel Markovitz."