Chaim Leib Pekeris was an Israeli-American physicist and mathematician. He made notable contributions to geophysics and the spectral theory of many-electron atoms, in particular the helium atom. He was also one of the designers of the first... Wikipedia
Born: June 15, 1908, Alytus, Lithuania
Died: February 24, 1993 (age 84 years), Rehovot, Israel
Academic advisor: Carl-Gustaf Rossby
Notable student: Amir Pnueli
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1933)