Mildred Goldberger
Mildred Goldberger, born Mildred Ginsberg (1923–2006), was an American economist and mathematician who worked on the Manhattan Project.[1][2][3]
Education
[edit]She earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of Illinois, and later studied at the University of Chicago.[1][4]
Work
[edit]She was a research assistant and computer for the Manhattan Project during World War II.[4][3][5] She was one of the Manhattan Project workers who signed the Szilárd petition of 1945.[5]
She also worked as a course manager for Princeton University’s math department, an economic instructor for Rutgers University, a research associate with the Center for Environmental and Energy Studies of Princeton University, a research analyst with the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, and chief of the University of Chicago Air Force Project’s computation group, as well as editing the column “Scientific View” in the Los Angeles Times.[4][1]
Her husband Marvin “Murph” Goldberger was part of an independent group of elite scientists that advises the United States government on matters of science and technology, mostly of a sensitive nature.[6] Mildred disliked the name given to the group by the Pentagon, Project Sunrise, and suggested the group be named Jason, inspired by the mythological character Jason; this was how it became named JASON.[7]
Personal life
[edit]She was married to Marvin “Murph” Goldberger. At the time of her death in 2006, she was survived by him, children Joel and Samuel, and grandchildren Natalie, Natasha, and Nicole.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Shirlee Smith | Women's History- Mildred Goldberger Set An Example – Pasadena Now". pasadenanow.com.
- ^ "Mildred Goldberger's Interview - Nuclear Museum".
- ^ a b "Mildred (Ginsburg) Goldberger". Atomic Heritage Foundation.
- ^ a b c d "MILDRED G. GOLDBERGER 1934 – 2006" (PDF). calteches.library.caltech.edu.
- ^ a b "A Petition to the President of the United States". Atomic Bomb: Decision, section of Leo Szilard Online.
- ^ "JASON Defense Advisory Panel: Reports on Defense Science and Technology". irp.fas.org. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ Aaserud, Finn (February 12, 1986). "Oral History Transcript — Dr. Marvin Goldberger". American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.