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Bershader, Daniel was born on March 14, 1923 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Clara (Kosak) Bershader.
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Daniel Bershader
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Daniel Bershader, American Aerophysics educator. Achievements include measuring optical polarizability of atomic hydrogen ground state; verification of resonant refractivity of sodium vapor; radiative behavior of non-equilibrium shock-heated gases; internal energy transfer in the Carbon dioxide molecule; compressible vortex structure and surface interactions.
Education
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1942; Master of Arts in Physics, Princeton University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Princeton University, 1948.
Career
Research scientist, Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York, 1944; research faculty, U. Maryland., College Park, 1949-1952; instructor physics, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1944-1945; research associate professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1952-1956; manager gas dynamics department, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Palo Alto, California, 1956-1964; associate professor aeronautics, Stanford (California) U., 1956-1964; professor aerophysics, Stanford (California) U., 1964-1995. Chairman faculty senate Stanford University, 1971-1972. Consultant, member of advisory group forgovtl. private organizations, 1965-1995.
Achievements
Membership
With United States Navy, 1944-1945. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Physical Society. Member Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Ilse Gluckstadt, March 18, 1976 (divorced April 1986). Children: Brian Kenneth, Lee Karlin.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Judaism -
Political Party
Democrat