Solomon Buchsbaum
- Born: December 4, 1929 (Stryj, Poland)
- Died: March 8, 1993 (Morristown, New Jersey)
Education
- 1952: BS, McGill University
- 1953: MSc, McGill University
- 1957: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1957–1958: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Researcher, Research Laboratory of Electronics
- 1958–1961: Bell Laboratories, Member, Technical Staff
- 1961–1965: Bell Laboratories, Department Head
- 1965–1968: Bell Laboratories, Director, Electronics Research Laboratory
- 1968–1971: Sandia National Laboratories, Vice President of Research
- 1971–1975: Bell Laboratories, Executive Director, Research in Communications Science Division
- 1975–1976: Bell Laboratories, Executive Director, Transmission Systems Division
- 1976–1979: Bell Laboratories, Vice President, Network Planning and Customer Systems
- 1979–1993: Bell Laboratories, Senior Vice President, Technological Systems
Other Positions
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1965–1972: Member, Standing Committee on Controlled Thermonuclear Research, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1968–1968: Chair, Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society
- 1972–1975: Member, Fusion Power Coordinating Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1972–1977: Chair, Defense Science Board, United States Department of Defense
- 1975–1976: Member, Fusion Power Coordinating Committee, United States Energy Research and Development Administration
- 1978–1981: Member, Naval Research Advisory Board, United States Navy
- 1978–1981: Chair, Energy Research Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy
- 1979–1982: Member, Board of Trustees, Argonne Universities Association
- 1980–1986: Member, Council, National Academy of Engineering
- 1982–1990: Chair, White House Science Council
- 1982–1992: Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation
- 1985–1988: Member, Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1990–1993: Member, President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1973: National Academy of Engineering, Member
- 1974: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1986: National Medal of Science
Published Resources
Kenneth G. McKay, "Solomon J. Buchsbaum: 1929-1993", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
