Raymond Herb Explained

Birth Date:	22 January 1908
Birth Place:	Navarino, Wisconsin, US
Fields:	Nuclear Physics
Workplaces:	University of Wisconsin–Madison Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patrons:	Glen G. Havens D. B. Parkinson D. W. Kerst G. J. Plain
Notable Students:	J. A. Ferry
Known For:	Developed the first practical Getter-ion Vacuum Pump. Built the first practical sourceof negative ions. Tandem accelerator Named Pelletrons.
Spouse:	Anne Williamson
Children:	5

Raymond George Herb (January 22, 1908 – October 1, 1996) was an American professor of nuclear physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was known for building electrostatic accelerators. His work influenced the Manhattan Project, which built the first nuclear weapons. In 1960, the University of São Paulo awarded him an honorary doctorate.^[1] He won the Bonner Prize in 1968. He started a company called NEC that manufactures electrostatic accelerators. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.^[2]

University of Wisconsin now holds a seminar series in his memory.

Sources

• Complete biography at National Academy of Sciences http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/herb-r-g.pdf
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Nuclear Experimental Physics Group
• University of Wisconsin–Madison R. G. Herb Seminars
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Nuclear Physics
• The Pelletron Accelerator
• Manhattan Project
• World Sci Books
• Cas.web.cern.ch
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Engineers' Day
• Barschall, Henry H. Raymond George Herb
• Electrostatic Accelerator Development at Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Honorary Doctorates between the decades of 1950s and 1960s from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
2. Richards, Hugh T.. Obituary: Raymond G. Herb. Physics Today. February 1997. 50. 2. 87–88. 10.1063/1.2806537. 1997PhT....50b..87R . free.