Background
PEKERIS, Chaim was born on June 15, 1908 in Alytus, Lithuania. Son of Samuel Pekeris and Chaya Rivel.
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Chaim L. PEKERIS
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Chaim PEKERIS, Israeli applied mathematician, geophysicist and educator. Medal of Royal Astronomical Society. War Research Department, Columbia University 1940-1945; Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1947-1948; Israel Academy, of Sciences and Humanities, National Academy, of Sciences, N.A.S., United States of America; Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Career
Lecturer in Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1936-1940. Director Mathematics Physics Group 1945-1947.
Membership
War Research Department, Columbia University 1940-1945. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1947-1948. Israel Academy, of Sciences and Humanities, National Academy, of Sciences, North.A.S., United States of America.
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society.
Connections
Married Leah Kaplan in 1933 (died in 1973).
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Nationality
Israeli