Robert G. Sachs

Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory.^[1][2][3]Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors.^[3][4]Sachs was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[3] chairman of the Academy's Physics Section,^[3] chairman of the Academy's Class I (Physical and Mathematical Sciences),^[3] and director of the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago.^[3][4]Sachs was the author of the standard textbook Nuclear Theory (1953).^[3]

Robert G. Sachs
Robert G. Sachs (right) with Atomic Energy Commission chair Dixy Lee Ray.
Born	Robert Green Sachs (1916-05-04)May 4, 1916 Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
Died	April 14, 1999(1999-04-14) (aged 82) Hyde Park, Chicago
Alma mater	Johns Hopkins University
Known for	nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nuclear power reactors
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics
Institutions	Argonne National Laboratory University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Chicago
Thesis	Nuclear spins and magnetic moments by the alpha-particle model  (1939)
Doctoral advisor	Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Doctoral students	Gene Amdahl Anatole Boris Volkov Kameshwar C. Wali
Other notable students	Frederick J. Ernst [Wikidata]