Homer Alfred Neal was an American particle physicist and a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan.
19 Facts About Homer Neal
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Homer Neal was a board member of Ford Motor Company, a council member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and a director of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
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Homer Neal was the interim President of the University of Michigan in 1996.
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Homer Neal grew up an African-American in highly segregated Franklin, Kentucky, and was forced by his neighbors there to break off relations with a white friend with whom he had bonded over a shared interest in ham radio.
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From 1976 to 1981, Homer Neal was Dean for Research and Graduate Development at Indiana University, and from 1981 to 1986 he was provost at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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Homer Neal served as a Regent for the Smithsonian Institution from 1989 to 2001.
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Homer Neal served for 18 years on the board of directors of Ford Motor Company, from 1997 to 2014.
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Homer Neal served as a Director for the Richard Lounsbery Foundation for 13 years.
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Homer Neal held Honorary Doctorates from Indiana University, Michigan State University, the University of Notre Dame.
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On 14 Nov 2009, Dr Homer Neal described the discoveries of spin at the University of Michigan with a presentation: History of Spin at Michigan.
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Professor Homer Neal died on May 23,2018, at the age of 75.
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The Homer Neal Laboratory is the first academic building on Central Campus to be named after a Black member of the UM community.
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Homer Neal was a notable figure in US science policy.
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From 1980 to 1986, Homer Neal served as a member of the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation, the federal agency responsible for the funding of basic research.
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Homer Neal has served as Chairman of the Physics Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation.
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Homer Neal served as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution and on numerous advisory committees for science, research and policy organizations including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, the Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Fermilab, and others.
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Homer Neal was a recipient of the Society's Bouchet Award.
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In 2013, Homer Neal was elected to be the Vice-President of the American Physical Society, an association representing over 51,000 physicists in academia, national labs, and industry in the United States and worldwide.
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Homer Neal was a co-author of Beyond Sputnik: US Science Policy in the 21st Century, a popular textbook and website on science policy.