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Solomon Jan Buchsbaum
Pages 34-39

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From page 35...
... His contributions were always distinguished by his personal enthusiasm, energy, and competitive spirit and by an uncompromising devotion to technical excellence and personal integrity. As a leader and adviser for large scientific-technological programs, he brought keen insights into technical issues en cl policy matters alike, quality judgment, and an ability to apply reason to very complex and difficult situations.
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From page 36...
... In his early years he tackled and solved a number of fundamental questions involving plasma heating, guided waves in plasmas, and resonances associated with normal modes. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society and served as the chairman of its Plasma Physics Division in 1968.
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From page 37...
... At Bell Laboratories, Sol also became interested in solidstate plasmas and made original and significant contributions to helicon wave propagation and damping, and Alfven waves in solid-state plasmas. He became the department head for solidstate and plasma physics research in 1961 and director of the Electronics Research Laboratory in 1965.
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From page 38...
... Sanclia was engaged primarily in research and development on ordnance phases of nuclear weapons design, together with a variety of nonweapon projects of national interest. In 1971 he returned to Bell Laboratories as executive director of research, Communications Principles Division, and that same year he was named executive director of research, Communications Sciences Division, where he led one of the largest and finest research efforts in communications sciences and technology in the world.
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... In 1978 he was appointed chairman of the Department of Energy's Energy Research Advisory Board and served as chairman until 1981 and as a member until 1984. In 1981 he received the Secretary of Energy Award for Exceptional Public Service.
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