Background
Lax, Benjamin was born on December 29, 1915 in Miskolz, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1926, naturalized, 1940.
educator laboratory administrator physicist
Lax, Benjamin was born on December 29, 1915 in Miskolz, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1926, naturalized, 1940.
Biomedical Engineering, Cooper Union, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949. Honorary Doctor of Science, Yeshiva University, 1975.
Engineer United States Engineering Office, 1941-1942. Radar officer Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944-1946, staff member Lincoln Laboratory, 1951-1953, head ferrites group, 1953-1955, head solid state group, 1955-1957, associate head communications division, 1957-1958, head solid state division, 1958-1964, associate director, 1964-1965, professor physics, 1965-1986, professor emeritus, since 1986, director Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, 1960-1981, director emeritus, since 1981. With United States Air Force Cambridge Research Center, 1949-1951.
Member, chairman science panels National Research Council. Director Barnes Engineering Company. Member advisory committee Weber Research Institute, Polytechnic Institute.
Consultant in field.
Member advisory committee American Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology, since 1982. Fellow American Physics Society, Optical Society of America, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Blossom Cohen, 1942. Children– Daniel R., Robert M.