Jerome Karle

Jerome Karle

male, 91 years old
Harvard University, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Abraham Lincoln High School, NavalResearchLaboratory, City College of New York
Jerome Karle (born June 18, 1918) is an American physical chemist. He was born in New York City and attended Abraham Lincoln High School in...
Herbert Gursky

Herbert Gursky

male, deceased (2006)
Stomach cancer death, American, Astrophysicist, Astronomer, Bronx, NavalResearchLaboratory
Herbert Gursky (May 27, 1930, Bronx, New York - December 1, 2006) was the Superintendent of the Naval Research Laboratory's Space Science Division...
Richard Tousey

Richard Tousey

male, deceased (1997)
Astronomer, Henry Draper Medal, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, Eddington Medal, outer space, space…Director of Research, NavalResearchLaboratory
Richard Tousey (May 18 1908 - April 15 1997) was an American astronomer. He was a pioneer in the observation of the sun from space. He won the...
Jeong H. Kim

Jeong H. Kim

male
University of Maryland, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, University of Maryland, College Park alumni, University of Maryland, College Park, AlliedSignal, NavalResearchLaboratory
Dr. Jeong H. Kim is a Korean-American electrical engineer and administrator who, since 2005, has served as President of Bell Labs. Jeong Kim was...
Merrill Skolnik

Merrill Skolnik

male, 82 years old
Johns Hopkins University, national academy of engineering, IEEE, MIT, radar, NavalResearchLaboratory…U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Merrill Skolnik (6 Nov, 1927 -), is a respected researcher in the area of radar systems and the author or editor of a number of standard texts in...
Nancy Roman

Nancy Roman

female, 84 years old
University of Chicago, Hood College, From Tennessee, NavalResearchLaboratory, Radio Astronomy, honorary doctorates
Nancy Grace Roman (born on May 16, 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American astronomer. Throughout her career, Roman has also been an active...
Robert Hanbury Brown

Robert Hanbury Brown

male, deceased (2002)
Tizard Mission, NavalResearchLaboratory, Radio Astronomy, Air Ministry, Eddington Medal, Hughes Medal…U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Combined Research Group
Robert Hanbury Brown AC (31 August, 1916 - 16 January, 2002) was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He studied...

George Hart

male
physicist, Stuart Searles, George A. Hart, excimer laser, Strategic Defense Initiative, Fortran…NavalResearchLaboratory
George A. Hart is a physicist best known for the invention of the excimer laser. In 1975, Dr. Hart along with his Naval Research Laboratory...
Donald Leslie

Donald Leslie

male, deceased (2004)
World War II, rock music, hammond organ, NavalResearchLaboratory, psychedelic, psychedelic music
Donald James Leslie, (April 131911, Danville, Illinois - September 22004, Altadena, California) created and manufactured the Leslie speaker that...

Jennifer Strahl

female, 33 years old
Meteorologist, Jennifer Lynn Spinsky Strahl, Clay High School, mesoscale, NavalResearchLaboratory, Scientific Visualization
Jennifer Lynn Spinsky Strahl (born May 31, 1976 as Jennifer Lynn Spinsky) is a research meteorologist. Strahl was born in South Bend, Indiana, and...