Background
Lemonick, Aaron was born on February 2, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary (Ferman) Lemonick.
Lemonick, Aaron was born on February 2, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary (Ferman) Lemonick.
Bachelor of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1950; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1954.
Assistant professor physics, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1954-1957; associate professor, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1957-1961; associate professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1961-1964; professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1964-1994; associate department chairman physics, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1967-1969; dean graduate school, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1969-1973; dean faculty, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1973-1989; dean of faculty emeritus, Princeton University, New Jersey, since 1989; associate director, Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator, 1961-1967; professor physics emeritus, Princeton University, New Jersey, since 1994; vice president, Princeton University Press, since 1973; deputy director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1989-1990.
Joseph Taylor, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics, attributes his decision to study physics instead of mathematics to Lemonick's freshman physics course at Haverford. Princeton awarded him the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching when he retired in 1994, and he received an honorary degree in 2001.
Trustee Bryn Mawr College, since 1988, Princeton Day School, Princeton Adult School. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association Physics Teachers, PhiBeta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Eleanor Leah Drutt, February 12, 1950;children— Michael Drutt, David Morris.
