Arthur Kent Kerman

Background

Kerman, Arthur Kent was born on May 3, 1929 in Montreal. Son of Samuel and Ida (Birn) Kerman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Career

Member of faculty department physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1956; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1964; director Center Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1976-1983; director laboratory nuclear science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983-1992. Visiting professor State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1970-1971. Adjunct Professor Brklyn.

College, 1971-1975; consultant Argonne National Laboratory, 1961-1983, member science and technical advising committee, 1984-1990. Consultant Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1965-1981, member relativistic heavyion collider policy committee, since 1985, visiting committee 1973-1978, chairman 1977. Consultant Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1975-1980, member visiting committee, 1980-1983, chairman 1981.

Consultant Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, since 1964, chairman physical science advisory committee 1992-1996. Consultant, Los Almos Science Lab, since 1961, member physics division advising committee, 1984-1996, member theo. division advising committee since 1972, member lansce division advising committee, since 1997. Consultant National Bureau Standards, 1980-1981, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1979-1985, Sandia National Laboratory, since 1998.

Member University of California President's Science and Academic Advisory Committee 1981-1992. Member White House Science Council, 1982-1985, panel on science and technical in government, 1985, federal laboratory review panel, 1982-1983. Member of advisory committee Woods Hole Sub-panel of unites states department Energy, 1982, commission on science, engineering public policy research briefing panel on science frontiers and superconducting super collider National Research Council, 1985, nuclear science advising committee Department Energy and National Science Foundation, 1982-1985.

Member unites states department Energy Fusion Policy Advisory Committee, 1990, member unites states department Energy Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee 1992-1996. Member visiting committee Stanford University Physics Department, 1984, Yale University Physics Department, 1984, FONDS F.C.A.C. Comite des centres de Recherches pour le Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire U. Montreal, 1982. National Academy Sciences panel on Inertial Confinement Fusion and Science Based Stockpile Stewardship, 1996-1997, directors advising committee Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1994-1996.

Ligo oversigh bd for Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Caltech, since 1998.

Achievements

• Arthur Kent Kerman has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society (program committee 1978-1979, Executive Committee division nuclear physics 1970-1972, public committee division nuclear physics, Tom W. Bonner prize committee 1982-1983), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member of New York Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Enid Ehrlich, December 21, 1952. Children: Ben, Daniel, Elizabeth, Melissa, James.

Father:

Samuel Kerman

Mother:

Ida (Birn) Kerman

Spouse:

Enid Ehrlich

child:

Daniel Kerman

child:

Melissa Kerman

child:

Ben Kerman

child:

Elizabeth Kerman

child:

James Kerman