| LC control no. | n 50043066 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Branscomb, Lewis M., 1926-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Branscomb, Lewis M., 1926- Branscomb, L. M. (Lewis M.), 1926-2023 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000110842031 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Birth date | 1926-08-17 |
| Death date | 2023-05-31 |
| Place of birth | Asheville (N.C.) |
| Affiliation | Duke University Harvard University Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics United States. National Bureau of Standards International Business Machines Corporation Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs John F. Kennedy School of Government. Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program |
| Profession or occupation | Physics Science and state |
| Found in | His Astrophysical and plasma physics research ... 1961. LC data base, 8-14-90 (hdg.: Branscomb, Lewis M., 1926- ; usage: Lewis M. Branscomb; L.M. Branscomb) Website of Belfer Center, viewed July 15, 2013: Lewis M. Branscomb (B.A., Duke University, Ph.D., physics, Harvard, co-founder of Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Colorado, director, U.S. National Bureau of Standards, vice president and chief scientist of IBM Corporation, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, pioneered the study of atomic and molecular negative ions and their role in the atmospheres of the earth and stars) Wikipedia, viewed July 15, 2013: (b. August 17, 1926 in Asheville, N.C., writer on science policy issues.) Harvard Kennedy School website, viewed September 6, 2018 (Lewis Branscomb is Public Service Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management in the Aetna Chair Emeritus and former Chair of the Program on Science, Technology and Public Policy (1986-1996) in the Belfer Center in HKS. A pioneer in negative ion photodetachment, he is author of books on science and technology policy, disaster resilience and counter terrorism, and early stage technology innovation. His AB in physics is from Duke University (summa cum laude, 1945) and physics PhD in 1950 from Harvard, where he was a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows.) The chronicle of higher education, July 21, 2023: page 43 (Lewis Branscomb; died May 31, 2023; professor emeritus and former director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program in the Kennedy School at Harvard University) |
| Associated language | eng |
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