Background
Goldhaber, Gertrude Scharff was born on July 14, 1911 in Mannheim, Germany. Daughter of Otto and Nelly (Steinharter) Scharff. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944.
Goldhaber, Gertrude Scharff was born on July 14, 1911 in Mannheim, Germany. Daughter of Otto and Nelly (Steinharter) Scharff. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944.
Student, universities Freiburg, Zurich, Berlin. Doctor of Philosophy, University Munich, 1935.
Research associate, Imperial College, London, England., 1935-1939;
research physicist, University of Illinois, 1939-1948;
assistant professor, University of Illinois, 1948-1950;
associate physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1950-1958;
physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1958-1962;
senior physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1962-1979. Consultant nuclear data group National Research Council, National Academy Sciences, Atomic Energy Commission laboratories Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1974-1977. Adjunct Professor Cornell Univercity, 1980-1982, Johns Hopkins University, 1983-1986.
Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, 1984-1985. Member science conference Yamada Foundation, Japan,1983. Discovered pseudomagic nuclei, 1986, researched their level schemes and theoretical interpretation.
Trustee-at-large University Research Association governing Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 1972-1977. Educational advisory committee New York Academy of Sciences, since 1982. National Advisory Committee on Pre-College Material Development, 1984-1988.
Fellow American Physical Society (council 1979-1982, chairman panel on improvement pre-college physics literacy 1979-1982, chairman audit committee 1980, member committee on professional opportunities 1979-1981, committee on history of physics, executive committee 1983-1984), American Association for the Advancement of Science (member-at-large section B physics committee 1986-1988). Member National Academy of Sciences (member report review committee 1973-1981, member academy forum advisory committee 1974-1981, member committee on education and employment of women in science and engineering 1978-1983, commission on human rights 1984-1987), Sigma Xi.
Married Maurice Goldhaber, May 24, 1939. Children: Alfred Scharff, Michael Henry.