Jack Goldman

American physicist (1921–2011)

Jacob E. "Jack" Goldman (July 18, 1921 – December 20, 2011) was an American physicist and former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation. He was also a faculty member at Carnegie Tech and directed the Ford Scientific Laboratory.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Jack Goldman (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jun 18, 1921, died Dec 20, 2011.¹

About

He is especially notable for hiring physicist Dr. George Pake to create the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, which produced many seminal ideas in modern computing.

Goldman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Westport, Connecticut.

Among the projects that Goldman worked on at Ford in the 1960s was the sodium–sulfur battery for electric cars.

After narrowly surviving a fiery crash of his gasoline-powered Lincoln, Goldman quipped "I guess I proved gasoline is more dangerous than a sodium–sulfur battery."

From Wikipedia’s article on Jack Goldman, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Palo Alto Research CenterFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Pennsylvania Doctor of Philosophy; physics^{3 4}
Date not recordedYeshiva University Bachelor of Arts^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: physicist.⁷

Date not recordedWorked at Carnegie Mellon University⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Xerox^{4 5}
Date not recordedFounded Palo Alto Research Center⁶

Personal life

BornJun 18, 1921, Brooklyn^{8 9}
DiedDec 20, 2011, Westport¹⁰
CitizenshipUnited States¹¹

Awards

1971William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement^{12 13}

Sources

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WikidataJack Goldman: Founded Palo Alto Research Center, on Wikidata
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WikidataPalo Alto Research Center, Founder