Raymond Herb

Raymond George Herb was an American professor of nuclear physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was known for building electrostatic accelerators. His work influenced the Manhattan Project, which built the first nuclear weapons. In 1960, the University of [São Paulo] awarded him an honorary doctorate. He won the Bonner Prize in [Nuclear">Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics">Bonner Prize in [Nuclear Physics|Bonner Prize] in 1968. He started a company called NEC that manufactures electrostatic accelerators. He was also a member of the United [States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences].
University of Wisconsin now holds a seminar series in his memory.