Gertrude Goldhaber
Gertrude Goldhaber (born Scharff , also: Gertrude Scharff-Goldhaber ; born November 14, 1911 in Mannheim ; † February 2, 1998 in Patchogue , New York ) was a German-American nuclear physicist .
Life
In 1935 she graduated in Munich Dr. phil. In 1939 she emigrated to the USA . In the same year she married the nuclear physicist Maurice Goldhaber . Since 1962 she worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory near New York , of which her husband had been director since 1961. She was a fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1972 she was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences .
Individual evidence
- ^ Member Directory: Gertrude S. Goldhaber. National Academy of Sciences, accessed December 15, 2015 (Biographical Memoir by Peter D. Bond and Ernest Henley).
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| SURNAME | Goldhaber, Gertrude |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scharff, Gertrude (maiden name); Scharff-Goldhaber, Gertrude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American nuclear physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1998 |
| Place of death | Patchogue , New York |