Norman Allen Blum

Background

Blum, Norman Allen was born on December 29, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John William and Natalie (Levine) Blum.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis U., 1964.

Career

Member research staff Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1960-1970; senior physicist Electronics Research Center,, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cambridge, 1966-1970; principal physicist Applied Physics Laboratory,, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., since 1970; manager Microelectronics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., since 1992. Member Presidential Awards Panel. Member peer review panels National Science Foundation.

Achievements

• Norman Allen Blum has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Navy, 1954-1957. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society (visiting committee for physics department evaluation), American Vacuum Society.

Connections

Married Elaine Ruth Grossman, September 8, 1957. Children: Scott Michael, Wendy Sue, Andrew Paul.

Father:

John William Blum

Mother:

Natalie (Levine) Blum

Spouse:

Elaine Ruth Grossman

child:

Wendy Sue Blum

child:

Scott Michael Blum

child:

Andrew Paul Blum