Background
Marshak, Robert Eugene was born on October 11, 1916 in New York City, New York, United States. Son of Harry and Rose (Shapiro) Marshak.
Marshak, Robert Eugene was born on October 11, 1916 in New York City, New York, United States. Son of Harry and Rose (Shapiro) Marshak.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy honorary degree, Utkal U., India, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy honorary degree, City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy honorary degree, City College of New York, 1980.
Instructor department physics, U. Rochester, New York, 1939-1943;
assistant professor, U. Rochester, 1943-1946;
associate professor, U. Rochester, 1946-1949;
professor, U. Rochester, 1949-1970;
department chairman physics and astronomy, U. Rochester, 1950-1964;
Distinguished University professor, U. Rochester, 1964-1970;
president, City College of New York, 1970-1979;
president emeritus, City College of New York, 1979-1992. University Distinguished professor physics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1979-1987, university distinguished professor emeritus, 1987-1992. Lecturer Harvard Observatory, summer 1940.
Professeur d'Echange (Guggenheim fellow) at Sorbonne,1953-1954. Visiting professor Columbia University, summer 1950, University of Michigan, 1952, Tata Institute Bombay, 1953, French School for Theoretical Physics, 1954, School for Theoretical Physics, Tokyo, 1965. Guest professor at European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva.
FordFound. and Guggenheim fellow, 1960-1961, Guggenheim fellow, 1967-1968, Nobel Foundation professor, Sweden, 1970. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, spring 1948. Physicist radiation laboratory Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1942-1943, Montreal Atomic Energy project, 1943-1944.
Deputy group leader in theoretical physics Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1944-1946. Vice chairman New York State Adv.Com. on Atomic Energy, 1958. Avco visiting professor Cornell Univercity, 1959.
Chairman.vis. physics committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1964-1965. Niels Bohr visiting professor Institute Mathematics Science, Madras, India, 1963. Lecturer Yalta International School, 1966, Hercig Novi International School, 1967.
Head National Academy Science delegate to Poland, 1964, to Yugoslavia, 1965. Member Sloan Fellowship Committee, 1967-1973. Member science council International Center of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, 1967-1975, 84-89.
Buhl visiting professor Carnegie-Mellon U., 1968. TrusteeN.Y. Law School, 1975-1979. Member Solvay Congress, 1967, 82, Pugwash Conference, 1967, United States-Japan Committee on Science-Cooperation, 1969-1972.
Member of national com.UNESCO, 1970-1973. Trustee University Research Association, 1968-1970, Atoms for Peace Award, 1958-1970. Chairman division particles and fields, 1970-1971.
FounderRochester Confs. on High Energy Physics, 1950-1992. Board directors International Foundation for Science, Stockholm, 1970-1975.
Fellow American Physical Society (executive committee 1968-1969, council 1965-1969, president 1983), American Association for the Advancement of Science (committee on science freedom and responsibility 1983-1987). Member National Academy of Sciences (chairman advisory committee on science exchanges with Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe, 1963-1966, member council 1971-1974), American Association of University Professors, American Academy Arts and Sciences (council 1985-1989), Federation American Scientists (chairman 1947-1948), American Philosophical Society, New York Academy of Sciences (life), Council Foreign Affairs, International Union Pure and Applied Physics (past secretary commission on high energy physics, vice chairman national commission 1980-1982), Phi Beta Kappa (Scholar 1982), Sigma Xi (national lecturer 1969).
Married Ruth Florence Gup, April 18, 1943. Children: Ann, Stephen.