Herman Feshbach

Country: USA
Company: Education
His parents emigrated from Bessarabia. Professor Feshbach was a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1969 and headed the physics section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1987. He was president of the American Physical Society (APS) from 1980-81 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences from 1982-86. Professor Feshbach served on several government and professional committees and was a consultant to the Brookhaven, Los Alamos and Argonne National Laboratories as wel as the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He was also the longtime editor of the journal Annals of Physics. One of the world's grea test theoretical nuclear physicists. He led the development of nuclear reaction theory and contributed significantly to the statistical description of nuclear states and reac- tions, as well as contributing to the understanding of the structure of nuclei, which was important for many applications including nuclear medicine and nuclear power. He co-authored two seminal textbooks, Methods of Theoretical Physics with Phillip M. Morse and Theoretical Nuclear Physics with Amos deShalit. Professor Feshbach was also a vigorous advocate of scientific freedom and opportunity. He took part in a 1969 protest of military research at MIT, and in 1992, an ad hoc committee studying the "Military Impact on Campus Research" chaired by Professor Feshbach submitted a report saying that a "policy of openness" should govern research at MIT.
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