About Sheldon Datz
Lived 1927 – 2001 (aged 74). Sheldon Datz was an American chemist and physicist.
Sheldon Datz (July 21, 1927 – August 15, 2001) was an American chemist. Born in New York City as the son of Clara and Jacob Datz, he went to Stuyvesant High School
Datz served in the U.S. Navy and moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee upon the opening of federal nuclear facilities there after the Second World War. He married Roslyn Gordon Datz and fathered two children: William (Bill) Datz and Joan Ellen Datz Green. They divorced, and Sheldon later married Jonna Holm Datz of Denmark.
Awards
1998 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics 2000 Enrico Fermi Award
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Who was Sheldon Datz?
American chemist
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Sheldon Datz was born on 27 July 1927 in New York City.
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Sheldon Datz died on 15 August 2001.
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Sheldon Datz was a chemist and physicist.
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