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Jordin Kare
Jordin Kare was a physicist, aerospace engineer and inventor known for his research on laser propulsion. Jordin passed away in 2017 after an illustrious career. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering and physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 and Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984. Kare … Read more
John Kammerdiener
John Kammerdiener completed his PhD in nuclear physics under the mentorship of famed nuclear Physicist Edward Teller in 1971. Upon graduation, John left the US Army and took a position at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. John received many awards and honors, including: Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow, Shriner Legend, first in his … Read more
Craig Jensen
Craig Jensen was a professor of mathematics at the University of New Orleans and a lecturer at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. Craig’s research interests included topology and algebra, as well as mathematics education. He published papers in the area of geometric group theory. Along with John Meier and Jon McCammond, Craig solved the … Read more
David Jackson
Dave Jackson was the Chair of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was also a member of the Bureau of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Dave graduated in Physics at Caltech in 1965, followed by a PhD in geophysics at MIT in 1969. He … Read more
Alice Gast
Alice Gast was Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the Imperial College of London. Previously, she served as the President of Imperial College London from 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2022. In addition to her role as Professor Emeritus, she is currently advising venture capitalists and venture philanthropists. She was the 13th and first … Read more
David Galas
David J. Galas was the principal scientist for the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and chairman emeritus of the board of directors for the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. David Galas, PhD was an internationally recognized expert in molecular biology and human genetics, well known for his work in the Human Genome Project. As a … Read more
Margaret Fels
Margaret Fels (Meg) blazed a trail as the first woman to become a Hertz Fellow in 1966. Meg received her PhD from the University of California, Davis/Livermore. As much as she loved atomic physics, she fought to avoid work that supported nuclear weapons and their development. She pursued theoretical physics and found her way into … Read more
Joel Fajans
Joel Fajans was a pioneering plasma physicist and antimatter researcher whose work advanced our understanding of nonneutral plasmas and laid the groundwork for groundbreaking measurements of antihydrogen. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Fajans was a founding member of the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) collaboration at CERN, where his expertise … Read more
William Evans
William Evans was Division Leader, Physics Division in the Physical and Life Sciences Directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research interests included Experimental Physics, Physics at High Pressures, Material Properties (EOS, Phase Transitions, Transition Kinetics & Metastability), Novel Materials Synthesis and Characterization, IR, Visible and Raman Spectroscopies, X-Ray Scattering (Diffraction & Spectroscopy), Cryogenics, Physics … Read more
James Chambers
James (Jim) Chambers, PhD, is the associate dean for research and graduate studies and associate professor of mechanical engineering as well as a senior research scientist with the National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA) at the University of Mississippi. In 1994, he joined the University of Mississippi as a postdoctoral research associate with the NCPA, … Read more
M. Michael Ansour
Michael Ansour was the Managing Partner of March Partners LLC, an event driven investment firm, and a director of The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, where he also had served as chairman of the Foundation’s Investment Committee. He was also a member of the boards of Servco Pacific Inc., one of the largest private companies … Read more
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews was the author of, “Chasing the Dream.” In his book, Dana provided an insider’s description of what really went on in the United States space program from the early 1960’s to the present and what to expect in the future. Andrews worked at Boeing for 34 years and was known for his contributions … Read more
Harold Newman
Harold J. Newman was co-founder and partner of HJ Newman Capital, LLC and a former director of the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. He was previously partner and managing director at Neuberger Berman for more than 33 years. Harold was also a trustee and chair of the Investment Committee of the Asia Society and an … Read more
