Background

Herman, Robert was born on August 29, 1914 in New York City. Son of Louis and Marie (Lozinsky) Herman.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, City College of New York, 1935. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1940.

Degree in engineering (honorary), University Karlsruhe, 1984.

Career

Fellow physics department, City College of New York, 1935-1936; instructor physics, City College of New York, 1941-1942; research assistant, Moore School Elec. Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1940-1941; supervisor chemical physics group, physicist, assistant to director, Applied Physics Laboratory, John Hopkins University, 1942-1955; consultant physicist, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1956; assistant chairman basic science group, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1956-1959; department head theoretical physics department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1959-1972; traffic science department, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1972-1979; professor physics Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics, University Texas, Austin, 1979-1984; professor сivil engineering, University Texas, Austin, since 1979; L.P. Gilvin Centennial professor in сivil engineering, University Texas, Austin, 1982-1984; L. P. Gilvin Centennial professor emeritus, University Texas, Austin, since 1986. Visiting professor University of California, Santa Barbara.

Patterson lecturer Northwestern University, 1993. Reuben Smeed Memorial lecturer U. College, London, 1983. Member Assembly Mathematics and Physical Sciences National Research Council, 1977-1980, member Commision on Engineering and Technology Sys., 1980-1983, member commission on sociotechnical system National Research Council, commission on resources for mathematics science, 1981-1984, infrastructure innovation committee, since 1987.

Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Robert Herman has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Vehicular traffic science; proceedings of the Third International Symposium on The Theory of Traffic Flow, New York, June 1965; held under the auspices of the Transportation Science Section of the Operation Research Society of America.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society, National Academy of Sciences India (foreign), Washington Academy of Sciences, Franklin Institute (John Price Wetherill gold medal 1980). Member National Academy of Engineering, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Operations Research Society of America (president 1980-1981, Philip McCord Morse Memorial lecturer 1989-1991, George E. Kimball medal 1976), Washington Philosophical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Helen Pearl Keller, November 24, 1939. Children: Jane Barbara, Lois Ellen, Roberta Marie.

Father:

Louis Herman

Mother:

Marie (Lozinsky) Herman

Spouse:

Helen Pearl Keller

child:

Lois Ellen Herman

child:

Roberta Marie Herman

child:

Jane Barbara Herman