Bernd Kahn

Background

Kahn, Bernd was born on August 16, 1928 in Pforzheim, Baden, Germany. Son of Eric Herman and Alice Dora (Meyer) Kahn. came to the United States, 1938.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute Technology, 1950; Master of Science in Physics, Vanderbilt University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.

Career

Commissioned officer, United States Public Health Service, 1954; advanced through grades to captain, United States Public Health Service, 1970; health physicist, radiochemist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, United States Public Health Service, 1951-1954; engineer various facilities, United States Public Health Service, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Alabama, Ohio., 1954-1974; retired, United States Public Health Service, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Alabama, Ohio., 1974; professor nuclear engineering and health physics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1974-1996; professor emeritus, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1996; director Environmental Resources Center, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1974.

Achievements

• Bernd Kahn has been listed as a noteworthy Radiochemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Council Radiation Protection and Measurments (honorary), American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Health Physics Society.

Connections

Married Gail Pressman, August 6, 1961. Children: Jennifer, Elizabeth.

Father:

Eric Herman Kahn

Mother:

Alice Dora (Meyer) Kahn

Spouse:

Gail Pressman

child:

Elizabeth Kahn

child:

Jennifer Kahn