Background
Bohm, Henry Victor was born on July 16, 1929 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Victor Charles and Gertrude (Rie) Bohm. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1946.
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Henry Victor Bohm
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AB, Harvard University, 1950; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1958.
Career
Junior physicist, General Electric, 1951, 53-54; teaching, research assistant, Brown U., 1954-1958; research associate, Brown U., summer 1958; staff member, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1959; associate professor physics department, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1959-1964; acting chairman physics department, Wayne State University, 1962-1963; professor, Wayne State University, 1964-1993; professor emeritus, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1993; vice president for graduate studies and research, Wayne State University, 1968-1971; vice president for special projects, Wayne State University, 1971-1972; provost, Wayne State University, 1972-1975; on leave, Wayne State University, 1978-1983; interim dean College Liberal Arts, Wayne State University, 1984-1986; president, Argonne Universities Association, 1978-1983. Visiting professor Cornell Univercity, 1966-1967, U. Lancaster, England, summer 1967, Purdue University, winter, 1977, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, winter 1992. Consultant-examiner commission on institutions higher education North Central Association Colleges Schools, 1971-1980, member of commission, 1974-1978.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Center for Research Libraries, Chgo, 1970-1975, chairman, 1973. Board overseers Lewis College, Illinois Institute Technology, 1980-1983. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1953.
Fellow American Physical Society.
Connections
Married Lucy Margaret Coons, September 2, 1950. Children: Victoria Rie, Jeffrey Ernst Thompson.
