Martin Jesse Klein

Background

Klein, Martin Jesse was born on June 25, 1924 in New York City. Son of Adolph and Mary (Neuman) Klein.

Education

AB, Columbia University, 1942. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.

Career

With Office of Scientific Research and Development for United States Navy, 1944-1945. Research associate in physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1946-1949. Instructor physics Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, 1949-1951, assistant professor, 1951-1955, associate professor, 1955-1960, professor, 1960-1967, acting department head, 1966-1967.

Professor history physics Yale University, New Haven, 1967-1974, Eugene Higgins professor history physics and professor physics, 1974-1991, 95-99, Bass professor history science, professor physics, 1991-1995, chairman department history science, 1971-1974, William Clyde De Vane professor, 1978-1981, professor emeritus, 1999—2009. Van der Waals guest professor University Amsterdam, 1974, Pieter Zeeman guest professor, 1993. Visiting professor Harvard University, 1989-1990, Rockefeller University, 1975, adjunct professor 1976-1979.

Achievements

• Martin Jesse Klein has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, science historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association of University Professors, History of Science Society, American Association Physics Teachers, International Academy History of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Miriam June Levin, October 28, 1945 (divorced 1973). Children: Rona F., Sarah M. Klein Zaino, Nancy R. Klein. Married Linda L. Booz, October 8, 1980 (divorced 2005).

1 child, Abigail M.; Married Joan Warnow-Blewett, July 9, 2005 (deceased 2006).

Father:

Adolph Klein

Mother:

Mary (Neuman) Klein

Spouse:

Joan Warnow-Blewett

Spouse:

Linda L. Booz

Spouse:

Miriam June Levin

child:

Abigail M. Klein

child:

Rona F. Klein

child:

Nancy R. Klein

child:

Sarah M. Klein Zaino Klein