Richard Jonas Drachman

Background

Drachman, Richard Jonas was born on June 2, 1930 in New York City. Son of Julian Moses and Emily (Deitchman) Drachman.

Education

AB, Columbia University, 1951; AM, Columbia University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1958.

Career

Physicist, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1956-1963; assistant professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1959-1963; physicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1963.

Achievements

• Richard Jonas Drachman has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member Topical Group on Few-Body Systems (chairman 1990-1992).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Johnson, June 19, 1964. Children: Steven S., Jordan Allen.

Father:

Julian Moses Drachman

Mother:

Emily (Deitchman) Drachman

Spouse:

Elizabeth Johnson

child:

Jordan Allen Drachman

child:

Steven S. Drachman