Gunther Klaus Wertheim

Background

Wertheim, Gunther Klaus was born on February 26, 1927 in Berlin. Son of Frederick Max and Elisabeth Anna (Seiffert) Wertheim. came to the United States, 1939.

Education

Master of Engineering, Stevens Institute Technology, 1951; AM, Harvard University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.

Career

Research associate, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1950-1955; technical staff member, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, since 1955; department head, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, 1962-1982; distinguished member technical staff, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, since 1983. Member physics visiting committee Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1973. Member visiting committee Bartol Research Foundation, Newark, Delaware, 1975-1983.

Achievements

• Gunther Klaus Wertheim has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1945-1946. Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Lee Hilles, September 8, 1956 (deceased March 1995). Children: Elisabeth Lee Fraebel, Frederick Whiley, Charles Gunther.

Father:

Frederick Max Wertheim

Mother:

Elisabeth Anna (Seiffert) Wertheim

Spouse:

Lee Hilles

child:

Frederick Whiley Wertheim

child:

Elisabeth Lee Fraebel Wertheim

child:

Charles Gunther Wertheim