| 1 | Name: | Dr. Marvin L. Goldberger | |
| Institution: | University of California, San Diego | ||
| Year Elected: | 1980 | ||
| Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 106. Physics | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1922 | ||
| Death Date: | November 26, 2014 | ||
Marvin Goldberger was an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego at the time of his death on November 26, 2011, at the age of 92. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1948 and also served on the faculties of the University of Chicago, Princeton University and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1959 Dr. Goldberger, along with Sam Treiman established the Goldberger-Treiman relations, which gave a quantitative connection between the strong and weak interaction properties of the proton and neutron. From 1978-87 he served as the president of the California Institute of Technology, where he stressed undergraduate education and oversaw the revision of teaching standards, the restructuring of curriculum, and the renovation of the undergraduate dorms. From 1987-91 he directed the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. Dr. Goldberger served as co-chairman of the National Research Council and as a member of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation International Advisory Board. He authored works such as Collision Theory and was the editor of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change and Verification: Monitoring Disarmament. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and had been an active participant in national and international scientific affairs. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in1980. | |||