Background
Sommer, Alfred Hermann was born on November 19, 1909 in Frankfurt, Germany. Came to the United States, 1953. Son of Julius J. and Paula Henriette (Wormser) Sommer.
Sommer, Alfred Hermann was born on November 19, 1909 in Frankfurt, Germany. Came to the United States, 1953. Son of Julius J. and Paula Henriette (Wormser) Sommer.
Doctor of Philisophy in Physical Chemistry, Berlin University, 1934.
Researcher photoemission, Patin & Company, Berlin, 1934-1935; researcher photoemission, Baird television Company (name changed to Cinema television Company), London, 1936-1945; researcher photoemission, Electric and Music Industries Research Laboratory, Hayes, England, 1946-1953; researcher photoemission, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953-1974; consultant, Thermoelectron Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1974-1990; retired, 1990.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member American Physical Society.
Married Rosemary Hulm, July 16, 1938. Children: Jane, Julia, Helen.