Henry "Heinz" Barschall
- Born: April 29, 1917 (Berlin, Germany)
- Died: February 4, 1997 (Madison, Wisconsin)
Education
- 1939: AM, Princeton University
- 1940: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1940–1941: Princeton University, Instructor in Physics
- 1941–1943: University of Kansas, Instructor in Physics
- 1943–1946: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Physicist
- 1946–1973: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1973–1987: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Bascom Professor of Physics, Medical Physics, and Nuclear Engineering
- 1987–1997: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Medical Physics, and Nuclear Engineering
Other Positions
- 1951–1952: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Associate Division Leader
- 1971–1973: University of California, Davis, Visiting Professor
- 1971–1973: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Associate Division Leader
- 1972–1987: Physical Review C, Editor
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1980–1983: Chair, Physics Section, National Academy of Sciences
- 1980–1983: Member, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
- 1983–1986: Member, Council, American Physical Society
- 1983–1988: Member, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1965: American Physical Society, Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics
- 1972: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Archival Resources
University of Wisconsin at Madison, Steenbock Library, Madison, Wisconsin
American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives, College Park, Maryland
Published Resources
Robert Adair and Willy Haeberli, "Henry Herman Barschall: 1915-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
H. H. Barschall, "Reminiscences," Physics in Perspective 1 (1999): 390-444
