Maurice Mandel Shapiro

Background

Shapiro, Maurice Mandel was born on November 13, 1915 in Jerusalem, Israel. Son of Asher and Miriam R. (Grunbaum) Shapiro. came to the United States, 1921.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1936; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1942.

Career

Instructor physics and mathematics Chicago City Colleges, 1937-1941. Chairman department physical and biological science Austin College, 1938-1941. Instructor mathematics Gary College, 1942.

Physicist Department Navy, 1942-1944. Lecturer physics and mathematics George Washington University, 1943-1944. Group leader, member coordinating council of laboratory Los Alamos Science Laboratory, University California, 1944-1946.

Senior physicist, lecturer nucleonics training school Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Union Carbon and Carbide Corporation, 1946-1949. Consultant division nuclear energy for propulsion aircraft Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corporation, 1948-1949. Head cosmic ray branch nucleonics division United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1949-1965, superintendent nucleonics division, 1953-1965, founder, chief scientist Lab for Cosmic Physics, 1949-1982, appointed to chair of cosmic ray physics, 1966-1982, chief scientist emeritus, since 1982.

Lecturer University Maryland, 1949-1950, since 1952, associate professor, 1950-1951, visiting professor physics and astronomy, since 1986. Visiting professor physics and astronomy University Iowa, 1981-1984. Visiting professor astrophysics University Bonn, 1982-1984.

Visiting scientist Max Planck Institute für Astrophysik, West Germany, 1984-1985. Consultant Argonne National Laboratory, 1949. Consultant panel on cosmic rays United States national committee International Geophysical Year.

Lecturer physics and engineering Nuclear Products-Erco division American Car and Foundry Industries, Inc., 1956-1958. Lecturer E. Fermi International School Physics, Varenna, Italy, 1962. Visiting professor Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel, 1962-1963, Institute of Mathematics Sciences, Madras, India, 1971.

Institute Astronomy and Geophysics National University Mexico, 1976. Visiting professor physics and astronomy Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1978, executive director Astrophysics Associate since 1995. Consultant space research in astronomy Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, 1965.

Consultant Office Space Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965-1966, 89. Principal investigator Gemini S-9 Cosmic Ray Experiments, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1964-1969, Skylab, 1967-1976, Long Duration Exposure Facility, since 1977. Member Groupe de Travail de Biologie Spatiale, Council of Europe, since 1970.

Member steering committee DUMAND Consortium, since 1976, member executive committee, 1979-1982, member science advisory committee, since 1982. Lecturer Summer Space Institute, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, 1972. Founder, director International School Cosmic-Ray Astrophysics, Ettore Majorana Centre Science Culture, Erice, Italy, since 1977.

Chairman United States International Geophysical Year committee on interdisciplinary research, member nuclear emulsion panel space science board. National Academy of Sciences, since 1959. Chief United States representative, steering committee International Cooperative Emulsion Flights Cosmic Ray Research.

Consultant CREI Atomics, since 1959. Visiting committee Bartol Research Foundation, Franklin Institute, 1967-1974. Member United States organizing committee 13th and 19th International Conferences on Cosmic Rays.

Member science advisory committee International Conferences on Nuclear Photography and Solid State Detectors, since 1966. Member Committee of Honor for Einstein Centennial, Academy Naz. Lincei, 1977; member International Organizing committee Texas Symposia on Relativistic Astrophysics, since 1976.

Regents lecturer University California Riverside, 1985. Edison lecturer Naval Research Lab award, 1990. Plenary lecturer Oppenheimer Centennial, Gamow Centennial, 2004.

Achievements

• Maurice Mandel Shapiro has been listed as a noteworthy nuclear astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member executive board Congress Beth Chai, Washington, since 1987. Trustee National Capital Astronomers, Washington, since 1989. Member international panel Chernobyl World Laboratory, 1988.

Fellow American Physical Society (chairman organizing committee division cosmic physics, chairman 1971-1972, committee on publications 1977-1979), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy of Sciences (past committee chairman, Distinguished Career in Sciences award, 1993). Member American Astronomical Society (executive committee division high-energy astrophysics since 1978, chairman, 1982), Philosophical Society Washington (past president), American Technion Society (Washington board), Alexander von Humboldt Association of America (president Washington area chapter since 2000), Association Los Alamos Scientists (past chairman), Association Oak Ridge Engineers and Scientists (past chairman), Federation American Scientists (past member executive committee, national council), International Astronomical Union (organizing committee commission on high-energy astrophysics), International Conference on Cosmic Rays (Victor Hess Memorial lecturer, Rome, 1995), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (Edison lecturer 1990). Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Inez Weinfield, February 8, 1942 (deceased October 1964). Children: Joel Nevin, Elana Shapiro Ashley Naktin, Raquel Tamar Shapiro Kislinger. Married Ruth Auslander, November 30, 2002.

Father:

Asher Shapiro

Mother:

Miriam R. (Grunbaum) Shapiro

Spouse:

Inez Weinfield

Spouse:

Ruth Auslander

child:

Raquel Tamar Shapiro Kislinger Shapiro

child:

Elana Shapiro Ashley Naktin Shapiro

child:

Joel Nevin Shapiro