Henry A. Fairbank

Physicist, ProfessorLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Henry A. Faribank was born on November 9, 1918, in Lewistown, Montana.

After earning a Ph.D. in Physics, Fairbank joined the Manhattan Project. He and his wife Martha moved to Los Alamos. They had their first child, Mary there.

After the war, Fairbank returned to Yale and joined the Physics Department. He later worked at Duke University.

Henry A. Fairbank’s Timeline

1918 Nov 11th Born in Lewistown, Montana.

1943 Jun 17th Married Martha E. Edmonds.

1944 Arrived at Los Alamos.

1954 Awarded a M.A. Degree from Oxford University as a Guggenheim Fellow.

19621973 Served as the Chairman of the Physics Department at Duke University.

1988 Retired.

2011 Jan 13th Passed away.

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