Background
Hirschberg, Joseph Gustav was born on April 13, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Gustav and Lillian (Kahn) Hirschberg.
Hirschberg, Joseph Gustav was born on April 13, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph Gustav and Lillian (Kahn) Hirschberg.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1943; Master of Sciences, University Wisconsin, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1952.
Research associate, University of Wisconsin, 1953-1957;
head optical group, also research physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, 1958-1965;
professeur d'Echange, U. Paris, France, 1963;
professor physics, U. Miami, Florida, 1965-1986;
department chairman, U. Miami, 1965-1972;
director optical physics laboratory, U. Miami, since 1968;
professor emeritus physics, U. Miami, since 1986. Contractor Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966-1969. Visiting research physicist Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1976.
Leader solar eclipse expeditions, Mexico, 1970, Canada, 1972, Kenya, 1973. Visiting astronomer Sacramento (New Mexico) Peak Observatory, 1977. Visiting scientist Institute de Pathologie Cellulaire, Paris, 1980, Chercheur d'Echange, Museum d'Histoire Naturel, Paris, 1983, Chercher d'Echange, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France, 1985, Princeton University, 1986-1989.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1947. Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society American, European Academy Sciences, Arts and Letters, Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Photobiology, Florida Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omega Delta Kappa.
Married Ginette Henriette Tetard, April 26, 1947 (deceased August 1992). Children— Dorothy Jean, Joseph Gerald, Anne Marie, Lynn Susan. Married Judith Wladimira Mintz, April 2, 1996.