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Weinberg</b></font><p><b>AKA</b> Alvin Martin Weinberg<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/628/000106310/" class=proflink>20-Apr</a>-<a href="/lists/914/000105599/" class=proflink>1915</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/457/000069250/" class=proflink>Chicago, IL</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/178/000106857/" class=proflink>18-Oct</a>-<a href="/lists/891/000110561/" class=proflink>2006</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/284/000131888/" class=proflink>Oak Ridge, TN</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Heart Failure<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/629/000096341/" class=proflink>Physicist</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Nuclear scientist<p>Coined the term "Faustian bargain." <p><b>Father:</b> Jacob Weinberg<br><b>Mother:</b> Emma Levinson Weinberg<br><b>Sister:</b> Fay Goleman (b. 30-Nov-1910, d. 21-Sep-2010)<br><b>Wife:</b> Margaret Despres Weinberg (m. 1940, d. 1969)<br><b>Son:</b> David Robert Weinberg (b. 25-Jun-1943, d. 20-Jun-2003)<br><b>Son:</b> Richard J. Weinberg<br><b>Wife:</b> Genevieve DePersio Weinberg ("Gene", m. 1974, d. 2004)<br><p> High School: Roosevelt High School, Chicago, IL<br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">BS Physics, University of Chicago (1935)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">MS Physics, University of Chicago (1936)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">PhD Mathematical Biophysics, University of Chicago (1939)</a><br> Scholar: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago (1939-42)</a><br> Lecturer: <a href="/edu/562/000068358/">University of California at San Diego (1980)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/253/000127869/">US Energy Department</a> Advisory Committee on Carbon Dioxide (1978-80)<br> <u>US Office of Energy Research and Development</u> Director (1974)<br> <a href="/company/080/000057906/">Union Carbide</a> Vice President, Nuclear Division (1965)<br> <u>President's Science Advisory Committee</u> (1960-62)<br> <a href="/org/711/000247967/">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a> Director (1948-73)<br> <a href="/org/711/000247967/">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</a> Director, Physics Division (1945-48)<br> <a href="/group/738/000055573/">Manhattan Project</a> Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory (1942-45)<br> <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/org/128/000164633/">American Nuclear Society</a> President (1959-60)<br> <a href="/org/640/000052484/">American Philosophical Society</a> (1977)<br> <u>International Friendship Bell Committee</u> Chairman (1992)<br> <a href="/org/062/000116711/">National Academy of Engineering</a> <br> <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a> (1961)<br> <u>Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences</u> Foreign Member<br> <u>Atoms for Peace Award</u> <br> <a href="/honors/279/000099979/">Enrico Fermi Award</a> (1980)<br> <u>Eugene P. Wigner Medal</u> <br> <u>Harvey Prize</u> <br> <u>Heinrich Award</u> <br> <u>Hertz Prize</u> <br> <u>Ernest O. Lawrence Memorial Award</u> (1960)<br> <a href="/lists/858/000044726/">Lithuanian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/937/000043808/">Polish Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Physical Theory of Neutron Chain Reactors</i> (<tt>1958</tt>, with Paul Wigner and <a href="/people/835/000099538/">Eugene Wigner</a>)<br><i>Reflections on Big Science</i> (<tt>1969</tt>)<br><i>The Second Nuclear Era: A New Start for Nuclear Power</i> (<tt>1983</tt>)<br><i>Continuing the Nuclear Dialogue: Selected Essays</i> (<tt>1985</tt>, essays)<br><i>Strategic Defenses and Arms Control</i> (<tt>1988</tt>, with Jack N. Barkenbus)<br><i>Nuclear Reactions: Science and Trans-Science</i> (<tt>1992</tt>)<br><i>The First Nuclear Era: The Life and Times of a Technological Fixer</i> (<tt>1994</tt>, memoir)<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=354459"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=354459">Alvin M. 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