Frederick Seitz
American physicist
Died when: 96 years 242 days (1159 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist and a pioneer of solid state physics and lobbyist.Seitz was the 4th president of Rockefeller University from 1968–1978, and the 17th president of the United States National Academy of Sciences from 1962–1969.
Seitz was the recipient of the National Medal of Science, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award, and other honors.He founded the at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and several other material research laboratories across the United States.
Seitz was also the founding chairman of the George C.Marshall Institute, a tobacco industry consultant, and a prominent climate change denier.
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