Robert G. Sachs
Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory. Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors. Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Academy's Physics Section, chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences), and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago. Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953). Notable honors and awards Guggenheim fellow honorary Ph.D., Purdue University (1967) elected a member to the National Academy of Sciences (1971) honorary Ph.D., University of Illinois (1977) honorary Ph.D., Elmhurst College (1987) Life and career Born in Hagerstown, Maryland Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1939 References Further reading External links Sachs, Robert Green, 1916- at Physics History Network, American Institute of Physics 1916 births 1999 deaths People from Hagerstown, Maryland 20th-century American physicists Purdue University faculty University of Chicago faculty Johns Hopkins University alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Fellows of the American Physical Society Theoretical physicists