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Robert T. Beyer
1920 - 19 August 2008
Brown University
Providence, RI
Submitted by Sara Tortua
Published on 29 September 2008
Brown University is putting together a memorial service for Dr. Beyer at the end of September. For more details contact: sara_tortora@brown.edu. Bob's connections with the American Institute of Physics include: Board of Governors (1969⋅); Member of Executive Committee of Board (1974⋅); Member of Translation Advisory Board (1955-78) and its Chairman (1957-77); Board of Translations Editors (1978⋅).
Current comments and reminiscences on Robert T. Beyer:
Robert T. Beyer 1920-2008
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Bob and I were research partners in graduate school at Cornell. I always appreciated his sense of humor as well as the contributions that he made to our work. He was just a great person to be around.
Glenn H. Miller