Marvin Leonard Goldberger
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Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger (October 22, 1922 – November 26, 2014) was an American theoretical physicist and former president of the California Institute of Technology.[1][2]
Quick Facts 4th President of the California Institute of Technology, Preceded by ...
Marvin Leonard Goldberger | |
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4th President of the California Institute of Technology | |
In office 1978–1987 | |
Preceded by | Harold Brown |
Succeeded by | Thomas Eugene Everhart |
Personal details | |
Born | (1922-10-22)October 22, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | November 26, 2014(2014-11-26) (aged 92) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
Other names | Murph |
Alma mater | |
Known for | Crossing symmetry |
Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1961) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | |
Thesis | The interaction of high energy neutrons with heavy nuclei (1948) |
Doctoral advisor | Enrico Fermi |
Doctoral students | Fred Gilman Martin B. Einhorn (1968) |
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