Jerrold R. Zacharias

Jerrold Reinach Zacharias (January 23, 1905 – July 16, 1986) was an American physicist and institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an education reformer. His scientific work was in the area of nuclear physics.

Jerrold Reinach Zacharias
BornJanuary 23, 1905
DiedJuly 16, 1986(1986-07-16) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
AwardsOersted Medal (1961)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis The temperature dependence of Young's modulus for nickel  (1934)
Doctoral advisorShirley Leon Quimby
Doctoral studentsJohn G. King (1953), Rainer Weiss (1962)
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