Background
Goldhaber, Maurice was born on April 18, 1911 in Lemberg, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1944. Son of Charles and Ethel (Frisch) Goldhaber.
Goldhaber, Maurice was born on April 18, 1911 in Lemberg, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1944. Son of Charles and Ethel (Frisch) Goldhaber.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Tel Aviv University, 1974. Doctor (honorary), University Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, 1982.
Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1983. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1992.
Bye fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1936-1938;
assistant professor physics, University of Illinois, 1938-1943;
associate professor, University of Illinois, 1943-1945;
professor, University of Illinois, 1945-1950;
senior science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1950-1960;
department chairman physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1960-1961;
director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1961-1973;
AUI distinguished scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, since 1973. Consultant laboratories AFC. Morris Loeb lecturer Harvard University, 1955, 93, Rabi Scholar lecturer, 1995.
Adjunct Professor physics State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1965, Royal Society Rutherford Memorial lecturer, Canada, 1987. Member nuclear science committee National Research Council.
Board governors Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel, Tel Aviv University. Trustee Universities Research Association. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society (president 1982).
Member: National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society (Lanutti Memorial lecturer 2003, Tom W. Bonner prize in nuclear physics 1971).
Married Gertrude Scharff, May 24, 1939. Children: Alfred S., Michael H.