Background

Alder, Berni Julian was born on September 9, 1925 in Duisburg, Germany. Son of Ludwig and Ottilie (Gottschalk) Alder. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1944.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1947; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1951.

Career

Instructor chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1951-1954; theoretical physicist, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1955-1993; professor department applied science, University of California, Davis, 1987-1993; professor emeritus, University of California, Davis, 1993; van der Waals professor, U. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1971; professor associé, U. Paris, 1972. G.N. Lewis lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1984, Hinshelwood professor, Oxford, 1986, Lorentz professor, Leiden, 1990, Kistiakowsky lecturer Harvard University,1990, Royal Society lecturer, 1991.

Achievements

• Berni Julian Alder has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 64, No. 2, June 1986
  • Methods in Computational Physics Volume 2 (Volume 2 Quantum Mechanics)
  • Methods in Computational Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Volume 4: Applications in Hydrodynamics
  • Methods in Computational Physics Volume 1
  • Methods in Computational Physics, Vol. 12

Membership

Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society. Member National Academy Sciences, American Chemical Society (Hildebrand award 1985).

Connections

Married Esther Berger, December 28, 1956. Children— Kenneth, Daniel, Janet.

Father:

Ludwig Alder

Mother:

Ottilie (Gottschalk) Alder

Spouse:

Esther Berger