Rita Dorothy Guggenheim Lerner (May 7, 1929 – July 16, 1994) [1] was an American physicist, librarian, editor, and science communicator who worked for many years at the American Institute of Physics. With George L. Trigg, she was co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Physics (Addison-Wesley, 1981). [2]
Rita Guggenheim was born in New York, New York, in 1929, [1] [3] and was a 1945 graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. [4] She earned a bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College in 1949, [3] and was managing editor of the college yearbook. [5] She went to Columbia University for graduate study, earning a master's degree in 1951 and (as Rita G. Lerner) completing her Ph.D. in 1956; [3] her dissertation was Microwave Studies of Molecular Structure. [6]
She came to the American Institute of Physics in the 1960s, hired as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation for the improvement of scientific communication. [7]
She died on July 16, 1994, in Ardsley, New York. [1]
Lerner was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986. [8]
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link)Rita Dorothy Guggenheim Lerner (May 7, 1929 – July 16, 1994) [1] was an American physicist, librarian, editor, and science communicator who worked for many years at the American Institute of Physics. With George L. Trigg, she was co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Physics (Addison-Wesley, 1981). [2]
Rita Guggenheim was born in New York, New York, in 1929, [1] [3] and was a 1945 graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. [4] She earned a bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College in 1949, [3] and was managing editor of the college yearbook. [5] She went to Columbia University for graduate study, earning a master's degree in 1951 and (as Rita G. Lerner) completing her Ph.D. in 1956; [3] her dissertation was Microwave Studies of Molecular Structure. [6]
She came to the American Institute of Physics in the 1960s, hired as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation for the improvement of scientific communication. [7]
She died on July 16, 1994, in Ardsley, New York. [1]
Lerner was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1986. [8]
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