| Gregory Breit  Born: 14-Jul-1899
Birthplace: Nikolayev, Russia
Died: 11-Sep-1981
Location of death: Salem, OR
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Proton-proton dispersion Military service: Naval Ordnance Laboratory (1940-41); Aberdeen Proving Grounds (1943-45) Originally held Robert Oppenheimer's position at the Manhattan Project, he resigned in 1942. With Eugene Wigner, Breit was the first to describe proton-proton dispersion. "Insufficiently appreciated in the 1930's, he is today the most unappreciated physicist in America." (John Wheeler, Some Men and Moments in Nuclear Physics, 1979). Father: Alfred Schneider (later Alfred Breit)
Mother: Alexandra Smirnova Breit
Sister: Lubov
Brother: Leo (physician)
Wife: Marjory Elizabeth McDill (m. 30-Dec-1927, one stepson)
Son: Ralph Wycoff (stepson)
High School: School of Emperor Alexander, Nikolayev (1909-15)
University: AB, Johns Hopkins University (1918)
University: AM, Johns Hopkins University (1920)
University: PhD, Johns Hopkins University (1921)
Professor: Physics, University of Minnesota (1923-24)
Professor: Physics, New York University (1929-34)
Professor: Physics, University of Wisconsin at Madison (1934-47)
Professor: Physics, Yale University (1947-68)
Professor: University at Buffalo (1968-73)
Manhattan Project (resigned 1942)
National Academy of Sciences 1939
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1951
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Institute of Radio Engineers
American Mathematical Society
American Geophysical Union
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Physical Review Editor (1927-29, 39-41, 54-56, 61-63)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Editor
National Medal of Science 1967
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