Background
Hirschfeld, Tomas Beno was born on December 20, 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Rudolf Georg Herman and Ruth (Nordon) Hirschfeld. came to the United States, 1966, naturalized, 1974.
Hirschfeld, Tomas Beno was born on December 20, 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Son of Rudolf Georg Herman and Ruth (Nordon) Hirschfeld. came to the United States, 1966, naturalized, 1974.
Bachelor of Science, Vasquez Acevedo College, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, National University Uruguay, 1965.
Assistant professor spectrochemistry, National U. Uruguay, 1965-1968; visiting scientist, North America Aviation Company, Thousand Oaks., California, 1966-1967; staff scientist, Block Engineering Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971; chief scientist, Block Engineering Company, 1971-1979; scientist, Lawrence Livermore (California) Laboratory, from 1979; professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1977-1983; professor, U. Washington, Seattle, from 1983.
Trustee Temple Beth Sholom, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1974-1979, chairman school committee, 1975-1976. Fellow Optical Society of America (editorial advisory board of journal.). Senior member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Member American Chemical Society, Coblentz Society (governing board), Society Applied Spectroscopy (honorary member 1987, Louis Straight award 1984, Pittsburgh award 1986, Meggers award 1987), Canadian Spectroscopic Association, Society Photo-Instrumentations Engineers, Society Automated Cytology. Clubs: B'nai B'rith.
Married Judith Berggrun, November 3, 1963. Children: Noemi Brenda, Dinorah Jael, Susan Deborah.