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He studied under <a href="/people/884/000053725/">Enrico Fermi</a> and <a href="/people/681/000026603/">Edward Teller</a> at the University of Chicago, and briefly worked at the University of California at Berkeley, leaving in 1950 when he refused to sign the required oath of anti-communism. Relocating to Columbia, he worked in that university's Nevis Laboratory, where he helped <a href="/people/022/000099722/">Melvin Schwartz</a> develop the neutrino beam method, using high-energy neutrinos to study the weak interaction of the four fundamental forces of nature and specifically the neutrino (a subatomic particle that has no electric charge and virtually no mass). In the early 1960s his work confirmed the existence of a previously unknown second type of neutrinos, the muon neutrino. Since 1968 he has worked at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and in 1988 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics.<p><b>Father:</b> Ludwig Steinberger (religious instructor, b. circa 1876)<br><b>Mother:</b> Berta Steinberger (b. circa 1891)<br><b>Brother:</b> Herbert<br><b>Son:</b> Joan Beauregard (two sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Joseph Ludwig<br><b>Son:</b> Richard Ned<br><b>Wife:</b> Cynthia Alff (biologist, one daughter, one son)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Julia<br><b>Son:</b> John<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/843/000068639/">New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL (1938)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/344/000082098/">Illinois Institute of Technology (attended, 1938-41)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">BS, University of Chicago (1942)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">PhD, University of Chicago (1948)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/470/000068266/">Radiation Lab, University of California at Berkeley (1949-50)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">Columbia University (1950-68)</a><br> Professor: Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (1986-)<br><p> <a href="/honors/636/000042510/">National Medal of Science</a> 1988<br> <a href="/honors/201/000067997/">Nobel Prize for Physics</a> 1988 (with <a href="/people/019/000099719/">Leon M. Lederman</a> and <a href="/people/022/000099722/">Melvin Schwartz</a>)<br> <a href="/honors/815/000099518/">Matteucci Medal</a> 1990<br> <a href="/org/197/000099897/">CERN</a> Physics Research (1968-)<br> <a href="/company/516/000059339/">Searle Pharmaceuticals</a> Dishwasher in Chemistry Lab (1941-42)<br> <a href="/org/111/000099811/">Accademia dei Lincei</a> <br> <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/org/685/000168181/">Dean for America</a> <br> <a href="/org/290/000161804/">Federation of American Scientists</a> Board of Sponsors<br> <a href="/org/632/000052476/">Institute for Advanced Study</a> Fellowship, 1948-49<br> <a href="/org/674/000051521/">MoveOn.org</a> <br> <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a> <br> <u>Weizmann Institute</u> Board of Directors<br> <a href="/lists/905/000108581/">Bavarian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Learning about Particles: 50 Privileged Years</i> (<tt>2005</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99725"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99725">Jack Steinberger</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=99725" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2021 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>