20 Facts About Caroline Herzenberg

Caroline Stuart Littlejohn Herzenberg was born on March 25,1932 and is an American physicist.

Caroline Herzenberg was born Caroline Stuart Littlejohn to Caroline Dorothea Schulze and Charles Frederick Littlejohn on March 25,1932, in East Orange, New Jersey.

Caroline Herzenberg took a class with Enrico Fermi and subsequently conducted some calculations for him.

Caroline Herzenberg went on to receive her master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1955.

Caroline Herzenberg was awarded a PhD in 1958 by the University of Chicago.

Caroline Herzenberg continued at the University of Chicago for another year as a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate at the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago.

Caroline Herzenberg then went on to become a research associate in the Physics Division of Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.

In 1961 Caroline Herzenberg became an assistant professor of physics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she worked for five years as director of the high-voltage laboratory and the Van de Graaff accelerator, and directed experimental nuclear physics and Mossbauer research programs, supervising MS and PhD theses and undergraduate and graduate physics instruction.

Caroline Herzenberg was responsible for organization, instruction, and planning for the College of Pharmacy, and she supervised graduate laboratory instruction in radioisotope utilization and applications for the University of Illinois at the Medical Center.

Caroline Herzenberg returned to Argonne National Laboratory in 1977, and worked there until her retirement in 2001.

Caroline Herzenberg later worked in technology assessment and evaluation of programs in areas that included fossil energy utilization, arms control verification, and radioactive waste disposal.

Caroline Herzenberg worked in emergency preparedness and response for technological hazards, mainly in radiological emergency preparedness for nuclear power plants and emergency preparedness for chemical demilitarization.

Caroline Herzenberg was the first scientist to be inducted into the Chicago Women's Hall of Fame.

Caroline Herzenberg has contributed to our knowledge of the history of women in science.

Caroline Herzenberg later established Mossbauer-effect research facilities at Illinois Institute of Technology and at IIT Research Institute.

Caroline Herzenberg served as a principal investigator in the NASA Apollo Returned Lunar Sample Analysis Program, and analyzed some of the first returned lunar samples as well as material from subsequent sample returns.

Caroline Herzenberg has authored or coauthored hundreds of scientific and technical papers, and has written a number of chapters in books dealing with scientific and technical topics.

Caroline Herzenberg has had a longstanding interest in certain societal issues, largely centering on peace and justice and human rights issues, but including related concerns.

Caroline Herzenberg has participated with the American Friends Service Committee, the 8th Day Center for Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace and a number of other groups.

Caroline Herzenberg occasionally writes popular material, including correspondence to newspapers.