Background
Wuensch, Bernhardt John was born on September 17, 1933 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Bernhardt and Ruth Hannah (Slack) Wuensch.
Wuensch, Bernhardt John was born on September 17, 1933 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Bernhardt and Ruth Hannah (Slack) Wuensch.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955. Master of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in Crystallography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.
Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Hanyang University, Seoul, 2003.
Research fellow, U. Bern, Switzerland, 1963-1964;
assistant professor ceramics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1964-1969;
associate professor ceramics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1974;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1974;
TDK chair materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1985-1990;
director Center Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1988-1993;
acting department head department materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1980. Visiting professor Crystallographic Institute, U. Saarland, Federal Republic Germany, 1973. Physicist Max Planck Institut für Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Federal Republic Germany, 1981.
Member United States national committee for crystallography National Research Council, NAS, 1980-1982, 89-94. Member N.E. regional committee for selection of Marshall Scholars, 1970-1973, chairman, 1974-1980.
Fellow American Ceramic Society (Outstanding Educator award 1987), Mineralogical Society of America. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallographic Association, Mineralogical Association Canada, Materials Research Society.
Married Mary Jane Harriman, June 4, 1960. Children: Stefan Raymond, Katrina Ruth.