Background
Nordheim, Lothar Wolfgang was born on November 7, 1899 in Munich. Came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1940. Son of Moritz Maximilian and Anna Lore (Tandler) Nordheim.
Nordheim, Lothar Wolfgang was born on November 7, 1899 in Munich. Came to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1940. Son of Moritz Maximilian and Anna Lore (Tandler) Nordheim.
Doctor of Philosophy, Goettingen University, 1923. Doctor of Science, Karlsruhe, 1951. Doctor of Science (honorary), Purdue University, 1962.
Lecturer, Goettingen U., 1928-1933; research associate, Paris, 1933-1934; research associate, Harlem, The Netherlands, 1934; professor physics., Duke U., 1937-1956; chief physicist, director physics division, Clinton laboratories (name now Oak Ridge National Laboratory), 1943-1947; resident consultant, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1950-1952; research physicist, Gulf General Atomic Inc., San Diego, 1956-1959; senior research adviser, Gulf General Atomic Inc., San Diego, 1959-1985; chairman theoretical physics department, Gulf General Atomic Inc., San Diego, 1960-1965. Visiting professor Ohio State University, 1930, Moscow, 1932, Purdue University, 1935-1937, Heidelberg, 1949. Member of advisory commission on reactor physics Atomic Energy Commission, 1963-1985.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society (past board directors). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Federation American Scientists.
Married Gertrud Poeschl, January 12, 1935 (deceased 1949). 1 child, Erik Vincent.