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Lilli Hornig (Lilli Schwenk Lilli Schwenková) was born on 22 March, 1921 in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, is an American Czechoslovakian-born scientist. Discover Lilli Hornig's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 96 years old?
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Lilli Schwenk Lilli Schwenková |
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96 years old |
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Aries |
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22 March, 1921 |
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22 March |
| Birthplace |
Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia |
| Date of death |
17 November, 2017 |
| Died Place |
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Nationality |
Slovakia
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Lilli Hornig Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Lilli Hornig Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lilli Hornig worth at the age of 96 years old? Lilli Hornig’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from Slovakia. We have estimated Lilli Hornig's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Timeline
Lilli Hornig (née Schwenk, Lilli Schwenková; March 22, 1921 – November 17, 2017) was a Czech-American scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project, as well as a feminist activist.
Hornig was born in Ústí nad Labem in 1921 into a Jewish family to Erwin Schwenk, an organic chemist, and the former Rascha Shapiro, a pediatrician.
In 1929 her family moved to Berlin.
Four years later she and her mother came to the United States, following her father who had moved there to escape the Nazis.
As her parents were Jewish, her father was threatened with imprisonment in a concentration camp.
She obtained her BA from Bryn Mawr in 1942 and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1950.
Hornig accompanied her husband to Los Alamos where he had obtained a job.
After being originally asked to take a typing test, her scientific skills were recognized and she was given a job as a staff scientist working with plutonium chemistry for the Manhattan Project.
When it was later decided that plutonium chemistry was too dangerous for women, Hornig worked in high-explosive lenses instead.
While at Los Alamos, she signed a petition urging that the first atom bomb be used on an uninhabited island as a demonstration.
Hornig later became a chemistry professor at Brown University, and chairwoman of the chemistry department at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. She was appointed by President Johnson as a member of a mission to the Republic of Korea that began the founding of the Korea Institute for Science and Technology.
A feminist, Hornig was the founding director of HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) under the auspices of the Committee for the Concerns of Women in New England Colleges and Universities first organized by Sheila Tobias.
She served on equal opportunity committees for the National Science Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She was the research chair of the Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard, and consulted with and participated in many studies of women's science education and careers.
Hornig was a Life Trustee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and was a trustee of the Wheeler School.
Hornig died on November 17, 2017, in Providence, Rhode Island, aged 96.
