Background
Chernick, Jack was born on November 27, 1911 in Newark. Son of Isadore and Sarah (Tessler) Chernick.
Chernick, Jack was born on November 27, 1911 in Newark. Son of Isadore and Sarah (Tessler) Chernick.
Student Rutgers University, 1929-1932. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1938. Master of Science in Mathematics, Brooklyn College, 1941.
Mathematician, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland., 1941-1947. Physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Long Island, New York, from 1947, senior physicist.
Member advising committee for reactor physics United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1951. Fellow American Nuclear Society (Special award 1966).
Married Norma Leonia Weiner, February 19, 1939. Children: Irene Alice, Michael Ross, Julian August.