Richard A. Isaacson Explained

Richard Allen Isaacson
Birth Date:	October 6, 1941
Nationality:	American
Education:	University of Maryland, College Park
Known For:	Shepherding the LIGO project to fruition
Doctoral Advisor:	Charles W. Misner^[1]

Richard Allen Isaacson (born October 6, 1941)^[2] is a retired American physicist who has been cited by 2017 Nobel Laureate Rainer Weiss as indispensable to the LIGO gravitational wave project.^[3] Isaacson's 1967 PhD dissertation established that the theoretical gravitational waves had features similar to other known types of waves.^[4] Isaacson went on to champion the LIGO project as the NSF Program Director of Gravitational Physics for decades. Weiss and fellow Laureate Kip Thorne have honored Isaacson by endowing the American Physical Society's Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science^{[5] [6]}

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1. Web site: The Chirps Heard Round the World. Matthew Wright. 2016-10-29. College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. en. 2019-05-20.
2. Web site: Richard A. Isaacson — IIT Faculty Biography . phys.iit.edu . 14 July 2023.
3. [NPR Weekend Edition]
4. https://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/17447 Gravitational Radiation in the Limit of High Frequency
5. https://umdphysics.umd.edu/about-us/news/department-news/1347-new-aps-award-honors-richard-isaacson.html New APS Award Honors Richard Isaacson
6. Web site: Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science . www.aps.org . American Physical Society . 14 July 2023 . en.