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Sam Treiman (Sam Bard Treiman) was born on 27 May, 1925 in Chicago, United States, is an American physicist. Discover Sam Treiman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 27 May, 1925
Birthday 27 May
Birthplace Chicago, United States
Date of death 30 November, 1999
Died Place New York City, United States
Nationality United States

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1925

Sam Bard Treiman (May 27, 1925 – November 30, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist who produced research in the fields of cosmic rays, quantum physics, plasma physics, and gravity physics.

He made contributions to the understanding of the weak interaction and he and his students are credited with developing the so-called standard model of elementary particle physics.

He was a Higgins professor of physics at Princeton University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group.

He was a student of Enrico Fermi and John Alexander Simpson Jr.

Treiman published articles on quantum mechanics, plasmas, gravity theory, condensed matter and the history of physics.

Treiman's parents, Abraham and Sarah, were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who emigrated to Chicago.

Sam had a brother, Oscar, who was six years older.

1942

Sam was educated in the Chicago public school system and, after graduating high school in 1942, he entered Northwestern University, electing to study chemical engineering.

After two years at Northwestern he joined the navy, training as a radar repair technician and he spent the last year of the war as a petty officer in the Philippines, doing, in his words, "a prodigious amount of reading in the peaceful jungles - novels and science".

1949

After the war he went to the University of Chicago, receiving a B.S. (1949) and M.S. (1950), having changed his major to physics.

1952

He received an Atomic Energy Commission predoctoral fellowship and in 1952 he was granted a PhD by the University of Chicago.

His doctoral thesis dealt with the physics of cosmic rays, and the work was done under the supervision of John Alexander Simpson.

While at the university, Sam met his wife, Joan Little, an educational psychologist.

They have three children - Rebecca, Katherine and Thomas.

Sam began teaching at Princeton in 1952 as an instructor.

1957

Other well known students are Nicola Khuri (1957), Curtis Callan (1964), and Stephen L. Adler (1964).

Treiman also made contributions to physics outside his professional role at Princeton.

1958

He spent his entire career at Princeton - associate professor (1958–63), professor (1963–77) and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics (1977–1998).

1960

Beginning in the early 1960s, with the inception of the JASON Defense Advisory Group, he was a U.S. government advisor in the fields of plasma physics, physics education and strategic planning.

(Although Treiman parted ways with Jason in the late 1960s, he rejoined them in 1979.)

1963

He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1963, and a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences in 1972.

1970

In 1970, when Fermilab was set up, its founder Robert R. Wilson asked Treiman if he would direct the theory group.

Treiman, who did not want to leave Princeton, was able to help get the group started by taking several extended leaves of absence.

1979

Probably his best known student at Princeton was Steven Weinberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1979.

1981

He served as chair of the physics department (1981–87) and chair of the University Research Board (1988–95).

Treiman and his wife Joan were active members of CUSPEA - a program set up by T.D. Lee to help mainland Chinese students get access to graduate education in the U.S. In 1981, 1982 and 1988, they traveled to China to interview prospective students for the program.

A feature of Treiman's work was his ability to devise simple, unambiguous experimental tests for theoretical predictions and phenomena.

In addition to his own work, Treiman was widely recognized as a teacher and mentor, supervising more than two dozen graduate students over three decades.

His Socratic teaching style enabled his students to gain valuable insights without having been spoon fed the results.

He was known for his general wisdom as well as his expertise.

One of his more paradoxical sayings is known as Treiman's theorem: "Impossible things usually don't happen."

1995

Treiman was awarded the Oersted medal by the American Association of Physics Teachers in 1995.

He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.

1999

Treiman died of leukemia on November 30, 1999.