Frederick Seitz | |
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.jpg) Frederick Seitz and H.A. Kramers | |
| 4th President of the Rockefeller University | |
| In office 1968–1978 | |
| Preceded by | Detlev Bronk |
| Succeeded by | Joshua Lederberg |
| 17th President of the National Academy of Sciences | |
| In office 1962–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Detlev Bronk |
| Succeeded by | Philip Handler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 4, 1911 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 2008 (aged 96) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BS) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | Wigner–Seitz unit cell |
| Awards | National Medal of Science (1973) Vannevar Bush Award (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Illinois Rockefeller University |
| Thesis | A matrix-algebraic development of the crystallographic groups (1934) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eugene Wigner |
| Doctoral students | Franco Bassani Ronald Fuchs Jack Goldman Walter A. Harrison James Stark Koehler |
Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist, tobacco industry lobbyist, and climate change denier. Seitz was the 4th president of Rockefeller University from 1968 to 1978, and the 17th president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1962 to 1969. Seitz was the recipient of the National Medal of Science, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award, and other honors.
He founded the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and several other material research laboratories across the United States.[1][2] Seitz was also the founding chairman of the George C. Marshall Institute,[3] a tobacco industry consultant, and a prominent climate change denier.
- ^ E. Goldwasser; A.V. Granato; R.O. Simmons (2008). "Frederick Seitz". Physics Today. 61 (7): 66–67. Bibcode:2008PhT....61g..66G. doi:10.1063/1.2963019.
- ^ "The 1950s in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign".[dead link]
- ^ "The Marshall Institute – Founders". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2012-04-01.