Rita Dorothy Guggenheim Lerner (May 7, 1929 – July 16, 1994)[1] was an American physicist, librarian, editor, and science communicator who worked for many years at theAmerican Institute of Physics. WithGeorge L. Trigg, she was co-editor of theEncyclopedia of Physics (Addison-Wesley, 1981).[2]
Life
editRita Guggenheim was born inNew York, New York, in 1929,[1][3] and was a 1945 graduate ofFiorello H. LaGuardia High School.[4] She earned a bachelor's degree fromRadcliffe College in 1949,[3] and was managing editor of the college yearbook.[5] She went toColumbia University for graduate study, earning a master's degree in 1951 and (as Rita G. Lerner) completing her Ph.D. in 1956;[3] her dissertation wasMicrowave Studies of Molecular Structure.[6]
She came to the American Institute of Physics in the 1960s, hired as part of a program funded by theNational Science Foundation for the improvement of scientific communication.[7]
She died on July 16, 1994, inArdsley, New York.[1]
Recognition
editLerner was named a Fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986.[8]
References
edit- ^abc"Rita Guggenheim, 1929 – 1994",Hohenems Genealogie: Jüdische Familiengeschichte in Vorarlberg und Tirol,Jewish Museum of Hohenems, retrieved2021-04-28
- ^Reviews ofEncyclopedia of Physics:
- Bromley, D. Allan (March–April 1981),American Scientist,69 (2):222–223,JSTOR 27850361
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Burnett, K. (November 1991),Journal of Modern Optics,38 (11):2335–2336,doi:10.1080/09500349114552471
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Lang, K. R. (1982),Sky & Telescope, vol. 63, p. 264,Bibcode:1982S&T....63..264L
- Lindsay, R. Bruce (August 1981),Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,70 (2):647–648,doi:10.1121/1.386720
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Radke, Martin (July 2006),Physik in unserer Zeit,37 (4): 197,Bibcode:2006PhuZ...37..197R,doi:10.1002/piuz.200690079,S2CID 122124093
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Schubert, J. (August 1984),Physik Journal,40 (8): 286,doi:10.1002/phbl.19840400810
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- Bromley, D. Allan (March–April 1981),American Scientist,69 (2):222–223,JSTOR 27850361
- ^abc"Front Matter",The Library Quarterly,54 (1), University of Chicago Press:105–106, January 1984,doi:10.1086/601430
- ^"In memoriam",Alumni and Friends of LaGuardia High School, retrieved2021-04-28
- ^"Baker Becomes Head Of 'Cliffe's Yearbook",The Crimson, 28 April 1948
- ^Dissertation Abstracts, vol. 16, University Microfilms, 1956, p. 8
- ^Doel, Ronald (12 August 1991),"William Havens - Session V",Oral Histories, American Institute of Physics
- ^Historic Fellows, American Association for the Advancement of Science, retrieved2021-04-28