Robert Marshak
Robert Eugene Marshak | |
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Marshak in 1939 with a glass of radiosodium he has been drinking from during a radioactive tracer experiment | |
| 8th President of City College of New York | |
| In office 1970–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Buell G. Gallagher |
| Succeeded by | Bernard W. Harleston |
| President of the American Physical Society | |
| In office 1983–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Maurice Goldhaber |
| Succeeded by | Mildred Dresselhaus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1916 |
| Died | December 23, 1992 (aged 76) |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Cornell University (PhD) |
Robert Eugene Marshak (October 11, 1916 – December 23, 1992) was an American physicist, educator, and eighth president of the City College of New York.