Background
Barschall, Henry Herman was born on April 29, 1915 in Berlin, Germany.
Barschall, Henry Herman was born on April 29, 1915 in Berlin, Germany.
AM, Princeton University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1940. Doctor rer. national (honorary), University Marburg, Germany, 1982.
Instructor, Princeton University, 1940-1941; Instructor, U. Kansas, 1941-1943; member of staff, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1943-1946; assistant division leader, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1951-1952; member of faculty, University of Wisconsin, since 1946; professor physics, University of Wisconsin, since 1950; department chairman, University of Wisconsin, 1951, 54, 56-57, 63-64; Bascom professor, University of Wisconsin, since 1973; professor emeritus, since 1988; associate division leader, Lawrence Livermore laboratories, 1971-1973. Visiting professor University of California, Davis, 1972-1973.
Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences (Midwest council 1992-1997), American Physical Society (chairman division nuclear physics 1968-1969, member council 1983-1985, secretary-treasurer Forum on Physics and Society 1988-1993, Bonner prize 1965). Member: National Research Council (assembly mathematics and physical science 1980-1983), National Academy of Sciences (chairman physics section 1980-1983), American Institute Physics (chairman publication board 1980-1982, governing board 1983-1988).
Married Eleanor A. Folsom Barschall. 2 children.
