Background
WOLFENSTEIN, Lincoln was born on February 10, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Leo Wolfenstein and Anna Koppel.
physicist university professor
WOLFENSTEIN, Lincoln was born on February 10, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Leo Wolfenstein and Anna Koppel.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1943; S.M. Entertainment, University of Chicago, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1949.
He retired from Carnegie Mellon University in 2000 after being a faculty member for 52 years. Despite being retired, he continued to come into work nearly every day. Wolfenstein was a particle phenomenologist, a theorist who focused primarily on connecting theoretical physics to experimental observations.
In 1978, he noted that the presence of electrons in Earth and Solar matter could affect neutrino propagation.
This work led to an eventual understanding of the Master of Social Work effect, which acts to enhance neutrino oscillation in matter. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1978.
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He was a founding member of the original Pittsburgh SANE (Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy) and a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Married Wilma Caplin, February 3, 1957. Children:Frances, Leonard, Miriam.