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UCLA Department of Chemistry
Chemistry
1989
"For his development and use of
the technique of molecular beams, which have played a significant
role in shaping the field of modern
chemical dynamics."
Presented by President George H. W. Bush at a White House Ceremony
on October 18, 1989.
Bernstein joined the UCLA faculty in 1983, after
a career that included applied science as well as influential
posts in academia (University of Michigan, Columbia University
and others). He was a pioneer in molecular beam chemistry, a discipline
that has yielded great insight into the details of chemical reactions.
Most early studies of chemical reactions involved gross averaging
over assorted elementary processes, and Bernstein's studies enabled
chemists to investigate a wide range of these processes. His death
in 1990 was mourned by his UCLA colleagues as the loss of "his
encouragement, advice, and optimism."
Born Long Island, New York, Oct. 31, 1923. Died Helsinki,
Finland, July 8, 1990.
Excerpted from an entry by Daniel Kivelson and
Raphael Levine in 1994, University of California: In Memoriam.
 National Science Foundation Citation Page
University
of California: In Memoriam
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