Background
Slawsky, Zaka Israel was born on April 2, 1910 in Brooklyn. Son of Simon and Mollie (Brimberg) Simon.
Slawsky, Zaka Israel was born on April 2, 1910 in Brooklyn. Son of Simon and Mollie (Brimberg) Simon.
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1933. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1938.
Faculty Brooklyn College, 1939—1940, Union College, Schenectady, 1940—1941. Staff Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, 1941—1975, chief physics research, 1960—1975. Faculty University Maryland, College Park, from 1946.
Professor physics, from 1964. President Joint Board Science Education, Washington, 1969—1970. President board trustees Georgetown Day School, 1956—1963.
Fellow: Washington Academy of Sciences, American Physical Society. Member: Washington Philosophical Society, Federal Professor Association (president 1971), Cosmos (Washington).
Married Dorothy Altman, January 19, 1945. Children: Albert Altman, Richard Charles.