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With <a href="/people/835/000099538/">Eugene Wigner</a>, Breit was the first to describe proton-proton dispersion. "Insufficiently appreciated in the 1930's, he is today the most unappreciated physicist in America." (John Wheeler, <i>Some Men and Moments in Nuclear Physics</i>, 1979).<p><b>Father:</b> Alfred Schneider (later Alfred Breit)<br><b>Mother:</b> Alexandra Smirnova Breit<br><b>Sister:</b> Lubov<br><b>Brother:</b> Leo (physician)<br><b>Wife:</b> Marjory Elizabeth McDill (m. 30-Dec-1927, one stepson)<br><b>Son:</b> Ralph Wycoff (stepson)<br><p> High School: School of Emperor Alexander, Nikolayev (1909-15)<br> University: <a href="/edu/633/000068429/">AB, Johns Hopkins University (1918)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/633/000068429/">AM, Johns Hopkins University (1920)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/633/000068429/">PhD, Johns Hopkins University (1921)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/536/000068332/">Physics, University of Minnesota (1923-24)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/490/000068286/">Physics, New York University (1929-34)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/477/000082231/">Physics, University of Wisconsin at Madison (1934-47)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/480/000068276/">Physics, Yale University (1947-68)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/617/000079380/">University at Buffalo (1968-73)</a><br><p> <a href="/group/738/000055573/">Manhattan Project</a> (resigned 1942)<br> <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a> 1939<br> <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> 1951<br> <a href="/org/496/000071283/">American Physical Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/766/000051613/">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> <br> <a href="/org/954/000117603/">Institute of Radio Engineers</a> <br> <a href="/org/955/000117604/">American Mathematical Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/560/000055395/">American Geophysical Union</a> <br> <a href="/org/457/000041334/">Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/512/000041389/">Phi Beta Kappa Society</a> <br> <a href="/media/953/000117602/">Physical Review</a> Editor (1927-29, 39-41, 54-56, 61-63)<br> <a href="/media/956/000117605/">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a> Editor<br> <a href="/honors/636/000042510/">National Medal of Science</a> 1967<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=117606"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=117606">Gregory Breit</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=117606" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 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>