Harold Berger

Background

Berger, Harold was born on October 7, 1926 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Joseph H. and Fannie A. (Stein) Berger.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1949; Master of Science, Syracuse University, 1951.

Career

Physicist x-ray department, General Electric, Milwaukee, 1951-1959; senior physicist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, 1959-1960; associate physicist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1960-1970; group leader nondestructive testing, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1965-1973; senior physicist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1970-1973; nuclear physicist reactor radiation division, National Institute Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau Standards), Washington, 1973-1975; program manager nondestructive evaluation, 1975-1978; chief, Office Nondestructive Evaluation, 1978-1981; president, Industrial Quality, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1981. Visiting scientist Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, Grenoble, France, 1968-1969;visiting lecturer U. Grenoble, 1968-1969. President's honor lecturer Non-Destructive Testing Society, Great Britain, 1971.

Member National Materials Advisory Board adhoc commission on nondestructive testing, 1967-1969. Keynote speaker American Society Nondestructive Testing Spring Conference, Oakland, California, 1991, ASNT radiology topical meeting, 1993, Canada Society for Nondestructive Testing 30th Anniversary Conference, 1995. Chairman International Organization for Standardization Technology Commission, subcommittee 3 on acoustic methods.

Member of advisory board Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Johns Hopkins University, since 1998.

Achievements

• Harold Berger has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY Methods, Capabilities, and Applications
  • Nondestructive testing (Understanding the atom)
  • Summary report on neutron radiography
  • Progress report on neutron radiography

Membership

Fellow Courtesy Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering, since 1986. With United States Naval Reserve,1944-1945. Fellow American Society for Testing and Materials (award of merit 1988, Excellence in Symposium and Publication Management award 1993, Briggs award committee E-7 1994, Honorary Member award committee E-71998), American Nuclear Society (Radiation Industry award 1974), American Society Nondestructuve Testing (national director 1965-1968, Achievement award 1967, Mehllectr.

1975, award for service as editor 1976, Gold medal award 1982, honorary member award 1986, keynote speaker Spring conference 1991). Member American Society Metals.

Connections

Married Dawn Marie Beranek, December 27, 1952. Children: Susan, Margaret, Thomas, Joseph, Daniel.

Father:

Joseph H. Berger

Mother:

Fannie A. (Stein) Berger

Spouse:

Dawn Marie Beranek

child:

Margaret Berger

child:

Susan Berger

child:

Thomas Berger

child:

Joseph Berger

child:

Daniel Berger