Marvin Leonard Goldberger | |
|---|---|
 Goldberger in 1978 | |
| 4th President of the California Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1978–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Brown |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Eugene Everhart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 26, 2014 (aged 92) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Mildred Goldberger |
| Other names | Murph |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Crossing symmetry |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1961) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The interaction of high energy neutrons with heavy nuclei (1948) |
| Doctoral advisor | Enrico Fermi |
| Doctoral students | Fred Gilman Martin B. Einhorn (1968) |
Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger (October 22, 1922 – November 26, 2014) was an American theoretical physicist and former president of the California Institute of Technology.[1][2]
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