Chaim Pekeris
- Born: June 15, 1908 (Alytus, Lithuania)
- Died: February 24, 1993 (Rehovot, Israel)
Education
- 1928: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1933: ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Meteorology)
Major Positions
- 1934–1935: Rockefeller Foundation Fellow
- 1935–1936: Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow
- 1936–1941: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Associate Geophysicist
- 1941–1945: Columbia University, Researcher, Hudson Laboratories, Division of War Research
- 1945–1950: Columbia University, Director, Mathematical Physics Group
- 1950–1973: Weizmann Institute of Science, Professor of Applied Mathematics
- 1973–1993: Weizmann Institute of Science, Distinguished Institute Professor
Selected Awards and Honors
Published Resources
Freeman Gilbert, "Chaim Leib Pekeris: 1908-1993", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
