Background
Bers, Abraham was born on May 28, 1930 in Cernauti, Bukovina, Romania. Came to the United States, 1949. Son of Isaias and Berta (Lechter) Bers.
electrical engineering and physics educator
Bers, Abraham was born on May 28, 1930 in Cernauti, Bukovina, Romania. Came to the United States, 1949. Son of Isaias and Berta (Lechter) Bers.
Bachelor of Science, University of California with highest honors, Berkeley, 1953; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.
Research assistant Research Laboratory Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953-1958;
instructor department electrical engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1959;
assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1963;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1971;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1971. Director research Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1979-1980. Visiting professor U. Paris-Orsay, 1981-1992.
Visiting scientist Center for Educational Affairs-Euratom, Cadarache, France, 1995, Limeil-Valenton, France, 1995.
Fellow: American Physical Society (chairman division plasma physics 1991-1992). Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, University Fusion Association (president 1988-1989), New York Academy of Sciences, St. Botolph Club Boston.
Married Anita Alden Burrage, June 17, 1966. Children: Rachel, Joshua.