Frederick Seitz

Frederick Seitz
Frederick Seitz and H.A. Kramers
4th President of the Rockefeller University
In office
1968–1978
Preceded byDetlev Bronk
Succeeded byJoshua Lederberg
17th President of the National Academy of Sciences
In office
1962–1969
Preceded byDetlev Bronk
Succeeded byPhilip Handler
Personal details
Born(1911-07-04)July 4, 1911
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedMarch 2, 2008(2008-03-02) (aged 96)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationStanford University (BS)
Princeton University (PhD)
Known forWigner–Seitz unit cell
AwardsNational Medal of Science (1973)
Vannevar Bush Award (1983)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois
Rockefeller University
ThesisA matrix-algebraic development of the crystallographic groups (1934)
Doctoral advisorEugene Wigner
Doctoral studentsFranco Bassani
Ronald Fuchs
Jack Goldman
Walter A. Harrison [de]
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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The 1950s in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign".[dead link]
  3. ^ "The Marshall Institute – Founders". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2012-04-01.