Background
Hamermesh, Bernard was born on December 25, 1919 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidore and Rose (Kornhauser) Hamermesh.
Hamermesh, Bernard was born on December 25, 1919 in Brooklyn. Son of Isidore and Rose (Kornhauser) Hamermesh.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1940; Master of Science, New York University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1944.
Teaching fellow and tutor, City College of New York, New York City, 1940-1941; from graduate assistant to instructor, New York University, New York City, 1941-1946; National Research Council postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1946-1948; senior physicist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1948-1959; senior science advisor, TRW Systems, Redondo Beach, California, 1959-1968; professor physics, department chairman, Cleveland State University, 1968-1985; professor emeritus, Cleveland State University, since 1985; visiting professor physics, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1987. Lecturer University of Illinois, Chicago, 1956-1957, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964.
Member School Board District 163, Rich Township Illinois, 1949-1951. School trustee Rich Township, 1951-1957. Fellow American Physical Society.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Sylvia Molberger, September 6, 1941. Children: Judith Gay Hamermesh Springer, Richard George, Kenneth Scott.
