Karl F. Herzfeld
1931 Mendel Medal Recipient
Dr. Karl F. Herzfeld, Professor of Physics at Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland, because of his achievements
in the furthering of scientific knowledge, was awarded
in 1931, the Mendel Medal of Villanova College.
The Mendel Medal Bulletin. Villanova College, Villanova,
Pennsylvania, IV:II (1932).
Herzfeld, Karl Ferdinand, physicist; born in Vienna, Austria
February 24, 1892; son of Charles August (M.D.) and Camilla
(Herzog) Herzfeld; Student Schottes Gymnasium, Vienna,
1902-1910, University of Vienna, 1910-1912, University
of Zurich, 1912-1913, University of Gottingen, 1913-1914;
Ph.D., University of Vienna, 1914; D.Sc. honoris causa,
Loyola College, Baltimore, 1932, Marquette University,
1933; D.Sc. University of Maryland, 1956, Manhattan
College, 1959; hon. degrees Fordham University, 1960,
Institute of Technology Stuttgart, 1962, Catholic
University of America, 1963, University of Notre Dame,
1965, Providence College, 1965;
married Regina Flannery, 1938. Privat-docent University
of Munich, 1920, a.o. professor, 1923; Speyer guest professor,
Johns Hopkins, 1926, professor of physics, 1926-1936,
professor emeritus, 1968-1978. Served as 1st lieutenant
Austrian Army, 1914-1918. Recipient Mendel Medal, 1931;
Secchi medal Georgetown University, 1938; Certificate
of Exceptional Service to Navy Ordnance Development, 1946;
Cardinal Gibbons medal, 1960; USN Meritorious Public
Service award, 1964; Papal Bene Merenti medal, 1965.
Fellow American Physics Society, A.A.A.S., Acoustical
Society of America; member Washington Academy of Science,
Washington Philosophical Society, German Physics Society,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of
Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha. K.C. Author:
Kinetische Theorie der Waerme, 1925; Absorption and
Dispersion of Ultrasonic Waves (with T.A. Litovitz),
1959. Home: Washington, D.C. Died June 3, 1978;
interred Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Who Was Who in America. Volume VII, 1977-1981. Chicago:
Marquis Who's Who, 1981, p.270.
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