Biography:Stuart Freedman

Stuart Jay Freedman
Born	Hollywood, California
Died	November 10, 2012(2012-11-10) (aged 68) Santa Fe, NM
Awards	Elected to National Academy of Sciences (2001) Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (2007)
Scientific career
Fields	neutrino physics, nuclear physics, weak interaction physics
Institutions	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Thesis	Experimental Test of Local Hidden-Variable Theories (1972)
Doctoral advisor	Eugene Commins

Stuart Jay Freedman (January 13, 1944 – November 10, 2012) was a physicist, known for his graduate work on a Bell test experiment with John Clauser as well as his contributions to nuclear and particle physics, particularly weak interaction physics. He was a graduate student at UC Berkeley under Eugene Commins, where he worked with fellow graduate student Steven Chu. He was also recipient of 2007 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.

In memory of his contributions, the American Physical Society established an award in his name, the Stuart Jay Freedman Award in Experimental Nuclear Physics.

External links

• A Biographical Memoir by R. G. Hamish Robertson