Philip Rosen

Background

Rosen, Philip was born on October 31, 1922 in New York City. Son of Louis and Gussie (Brazaza) Rosen.

Education

B. Chemical Engineering, City College New York, 1944; Master of Science, Yale, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1949.

Career

Assistant professor, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, 1948-1951; senior physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 1951-1954; faculty, U. Connecticut, 1954-1957; professor physics, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1957. Visiting professor University of Wisconsin, summer 1965. Visiting fellow Yale, 1965-1966.

Guest scientist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1979-1980. Also consultant business organizations.

Achievements

• Research, publications on propagation of electromagnetic waves in ionized gas;discoverer chemical potential energy is not additive. Used variational principles in irreversible phenomena of thermodynamics. Calculated entropy flux of electromagnetic radiation and probability of ionizationfor neutral colliding atoms.
  
  Explained twin paradox of relativity, band structure DNA, theory of carcinogenesis, theory of ageing. Research use of immunnotherapy and heat as cancer therapy. M C.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member Biophysics Society, American Society for Photobiology, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Jeanne Penn, June 30, 1946. Married Rose Taubenblatt, August 21, 1966. Children— Gary M., Robert M., EllenS.

Father:

Louis Rosen

Mother:

Gussie (Brazaza) Rosen

Spouse:

Jeanne Penn

Spouse:

Rose Taubenblatt