Background

Lashinsky was born on December 14, 1921 in New York City, New York, United States; the son of Isodore Meyer Lashinsky and Leah (Abrams) Lashinsky.

Education

Lashinsky received a Bachelor of Science degree from College City of New York in 1950. Eleven years later he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University.

Career

Lashinsky served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He began his career as a research assistant in physics at the Radiation Laboratory of Columbia University in 1952 and had held it for eight years.

In 1961, he became a research associate at the Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University. Also Herbert worked as a professor at the University of Maryland from 1964 to 1980, where he carried out research in plasma physics and nonlinear oscillations.

In addition, he served as a translator of Russian scientific literature.

Achievements

• Lashinsky showed that a mechanism, which he termed "periodic pulling", could cause simultaneous amplitude and frequency modulation of a natural mode of oscillation.
  
  He translated from Russian "The Reviews of Plasma Physics" series, considered the best textbook source on the subject.

Works

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  • Investigation of the Nonlinear Mechanics of Unstable Plasmas 1972

Membership

Lashinsky was a member of American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Personality

Lashinsky had played piano in the Army dance bands and in the big bands at the end of his Army career.

Connections

Herbert Lashinsky was married to Bertha K. Lashinsky. The marriage produced a daughter. He was also married to Karen Lashinsky.

Father:

Isodore Meyer Lashinsky

Mother:

Leah (Abrams) Lashinsky

First wife:

Bertha K. Lashinsky

Second wife:

Karen Lashinsky

Sister:

Grace Guthrie