Joseph Cerny III

Background

III, Joseph Cerny was born on April 24, 1936 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph and Olaette Genette (Jury) C.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Mississippi-Oxford, 1957; postgraduate Fulbright scholar, U. Manchester, England, 1957-1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (honorary), University Jyväskylä, Finland, 1990.

Career

Assistant professor of chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1961-1967; associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1967-1971; professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1971; department chairman chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1979; head nuclear science division, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1984; associate director Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1984; dean graduate division, University of California, Berkeley, since 1985; provost for research, University of California, Berkeley, 1986-1994; vice chancellor for research, University of California, Berkeley, since 1994. Member National Academy Sciences Physics Commission, chair nuclear physics panel, 1983-1986. Member National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council, University Rels.

Task Force, 1991-1993, National Research Council Study of Research Doctorates, 1992-1995.

Achievements

• Joseph Cerny III has been listed as a noteworthy laboratory administrator, chemistry educator, university dean, official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1962-1963. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Chemical Society (Nuclear Chemistry award 1984), Association Graduate Schools (vice president, president 1992-1994).

Connections

Married Barbara Ann Nedelka, June13, 1959 (divorced November 1982). Children: Keith Joseph, Mark Evan. Married second Susan Dinkelspiel Stern, November 12, 1983.

Father:

Joseph C.

Mother:

Olaette Genette (Jury) C.

Spouse:

second Susan Dinkelspiel Stern

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Nedelka

child:

Keith Joseph III

child:

Mark Evan III