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Brown, Gerald Edward was born on July 22, 1926 in Brookings, South Dakot.
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Gerald Edward Brown, American Physicist, educator. Recipient Boris Pregel award New York Academy Science, 1976, Tom W. Bonner prize Nuclear Physics, 1982, Senior District Science award Alexander von HumboldtFound., 1987, John Price Wetherill medal Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1992, Max-Planck medaille German Physical Society, 1997.
Education
Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1946; Master of Science, Yale University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Birmingham, 1950; Doctor of Science, U. Birmingham, 1957; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Helsinki, 1982; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Birmingham, 1990.
Career
Professor physics, U. Birmingham, 1959-1960;
professor physics, Nordic Institute Theoretic Atomic Physics, 1960-1985;
professor physics, Princeton University, 1964-1968;
professor physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1968-1974;
leading professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974-1988;
district professor physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1988. Lecturer math physics, 1955-1958. Reader U. Birmingham, 1958-1959.
Director nuclear astrophysics Institute Theoretical Physics National Science Foundation, University of California, 1960.
