Background
Sher, Rudolph was born on May 28, 1923 in New York City. Son of Zelig and Lillie (Helfand) Sher.
consultant Mechanical engineering educator
Sher, Rudolph was born on May 28, 1923 in New York City. Son of Zelig and Lillie (Helfand) Sher.
AB, Cornell University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1951.
Staff member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, 1943—1946, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1951—1961. Member faculty Stanford University, California, since 1962, professor mechanical engineering, since 1970. Visiting scientist Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Saclay, 1958—1959, Bachelor of Arts Atomenergi, Studsvik, 1968—1969, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Australia, 1978—1979.
Member of Institute Nuclear Materials Management, American Nuclear Society (division chairman 1984-1985).
Married Bonnie Rose Goodman Sher, May 24, 1952. Children: Victor, Erica.