Peter Louis Auer

Background

Auer, Peter Louis was born on January 12, 1928 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Laszlo and Irma (Morgenstern) Auer. came to the United States, 1937, naturalized, 1942.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1951.

Career

Physicist, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady, 1954-1961; head plasma physics, Sperry Rand Research Center, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1961-1964; director, Ballistic Missile Defense, Office Secretary Defense, Washington, 1964-1966; professor aerospace engineering, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1966; director laboratory plasma studies, Cornell Univercity, 1967-1974. Consultant Office Secretary Defense, General Electric Company, Electric Power Research Institute, Atomic Energy Commission, National Research Council, National Academy Sciences, Department of Energy, Institute for Energy Analysis. Visiting scientist Frascati, Italy, 1960-1961.

Visiting professor University of Oxford, 1972-1973.

Achievements

• Peter Louis Auer has been listed as a noteworthy Plasma physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Rheta E. Siegel, August 27, 1952. Children— Deborah, Douglas, Andrea, Matthew.

Father:

Laszlo Auer

Mother:

Irma (Morgenstern) Auer

Spouse:

Rheta E. Siegel