Background
Hoffmann, Frederic De was born on July 8, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Otto and Marianne (Halphen) de Hoffmann. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1946.
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Hoffmann, Frederic De was born on July 8, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Otto and Marianne (Halphen) de Hoffmann. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1946.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1945; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy (fellow National Research Council, 1946-1948), Harvard University, 1948.
Staff member, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1944-1946, 48-55;
alternate assistant director, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1950-1951;
consultant, Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1948;
committee senior responsible reviewers, Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1951;
consultant, Joint Congressional Committee Atomic Energy, 1954;
assistant vice president nuclear planning Convair division, Gen dynamics corporation, San Diego, 1955;
vice president, General dynamics corporation, San Diego, 1955-1967;
also general manager General Atomic division, General dynamics corporation, San Diego, 1955-1959;
president, General dynamics corporation, San Diego, 1959-1967;
president, General Atomic Europe, Zurich, Switzerland, 1960-1967;
vice president, Gulf Oil Corporation
also president, Gulf General Atomic and Gulf General Atomic Europe, 1967-1969;
chancellor, Salk Institute Biological Studies, 1970-1971;
president, Salk Institute Biological Studies, from 1972;
chairman, president, Salk Institute Biotechnology/Industrial Associations (SIBIA), from 1981. Honorary professor theoretical physics U. Vienna, from 1968. Science secretary United Nations International Conference Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, 1955.
President Conference Future Science and Technology, Austria, 1972. Governing board Courant Institute Mathematics New York University, 1968-1985. Director Atomic Industrial Forum, 1962-1970.
Board directors Salzburg Seminary in American Studies, 1978-1981. Member National Academy Science subcommittee management and technical International Institute Applied Systems Analysis Vienna, 1978-1982. Chairman international panel of advisory on biological science for Science Council Singapore.
Chairman Industrie 2000 Conference, Vienna, 1985. Speaker First International Symposium on New Chemistry, Tokyo, 1987.
Trustee Salk Institute, 1970-1989, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1956-1966. Fellow American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society (board directors 1964-1967). Member Harvard Alumni Association (director) 1961-1964), Sigma Xi.
Married Patricia Lynn Stewart, June 10, 1953.
