Solomon J. Buchsbaum
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Solomon J. Buchsbaum (December 4, 1929 – March 8, 1993) was a
Biography
Born in
Buchsbaum's career at Bell began as a researcher on gaseous and solid plasmas in 1958. Rising through the ranks, he became vice president in charge of technology systems in 1979. In his 35 years at Bell Labs, he published 50 articles and was awarded 8 patents.[2] Nobel Laureate Arno Penzias called him the "vice president in charge of everything else," meaning everything that was not directly phone company business.[1]
Buchsbaum's career as a Presidential advisor began with his membership on President Nixon's Science Advisory Committee and continued with President Ford's Committee on Science and Technology. Under Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush he was chair of the corresponding committees. He was chairman of the Defense Science Board from 1972 to 1977.[2]
Among other boards, Buchsbaum served on those of
Buchsbaum's honors included the National Medal of Science (from President Reagan) and various defense and energy department medals.[2][3]
He died in 1993, in New Jersey, of multiple myeloma, after receiving a bone marrow transplant and spending more than a month in a germ-free "bubble", equipped with a telephone and fax machine so that he could conduct "business as usual".[1]
References
- ^ a b c Kenneth G. McKay, "Solomon J. Buchsbaum", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 69, p. 14 (1996)
- ^ a b c d Bruce Lambert, "Solomon J. Buchsbaum, Physicist And Presidential Adviser, 63, Dies", The New York Times, March 10, 1993.
- ^ "Solomon Buchsbaum" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, American Institute of Physics, Array of Contemporary American Physicists.
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