Background
Wernick, Jack Harry was born on May 19, 1923 in Saint Paul. Son of Joseph and Eva (Legan) Wernick.
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Jack Harry Wernick
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B.Met.E., University of Minnesota, 1947, Master of Science, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1954.
Career
Staff, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, 1944-1946. Member of staff Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1954-1984, head solid state chemistry research department, 1963-1981, head device materials research department, 1981-1983. Division manager Bell Commander
Research,1983-1992.
Consultant United States Office Science and Technology, National Bureau Standards, National Science Foundation;member steering committee division nuclear fusion Energy Research and Development Administration, 1977-1979. Member Governor"s Roundtable on Superconductivity, New Jersey, 1989-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member of staff Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1954-1984, head solid state chemistry research department, 1963-1981, head device materials research department, 1981-1983. Member Governor"s Roundtable on Superconductivity, New Jersey, 1989-1990. Served in the United States Army, 1944-1946.
Fellow New York Academy Sciences, American Physical Society, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, American Society Metals(McFarland award 1969).
Member National Academy Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Electrochemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Sylvia Katz, December 20, 1947 (deceased). Married second, Charlotte Adler, 1983. Children: Phyllis Roberta Wernick Lauer, Rosanne Pauline.
