Paul Frampton Ph.D., in memory of Prof. Behram Kurşunoğlu

Prof. Behram Kurşunoğlu, by Paul Frampton, Oxford UK
Memorial Dinner, Anma Yemeği
Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
December 19, 19 Aralik 2018
Organized by:
Istanbul Technical University Alumni Association USA
Atatürk Society of America
FTAA Florida Turkish American Association
Turkish Center - Türk Evi, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Speakers:
Prof. Thomas Curtright, University of Miami
Paul Frampton, Ph.D. Oxford UK
İlknur Boray, Atatürk Society of America
Oğuz Alpöge, İTÜMD USA
Behram Nazım Kurşunoğlu
14 March 1922 - 25 October 2003
Physicist. Founder director of the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami.
Born in: Trabzon, Çaykara, Soğanlı Village, Turkey
PhD Cambridge University 1952
Kursunoglu died on October 25, 2003 shortly before that year's Coral Gables Conference. Kursunoğlu had been organizing this conference series since 1964.
He was best known for his works on unified field theory, energy and global issues. Moreover, he participated in the discovery of two different types of neutrinos in late 1950s.
Uni of Miami Center for Theoretical Studies was established in 1965 under the direction of Behram Kurşunoğlu, with guidance from J. Robert Oppenheimer and with the support of the University's President Henry King Stanford.
The purpose of the Center was to provide a forum for studies in theoretical physics and related fields, to be carried out by short term visitors, postdoctoral researchers, long term members of the Center, and various faculty of the University.
Among others, the long term resident members of the Center included Paul Dirac (1969-1972) and Lars Onsager (1972-1976), while the affiliated faculty included Physics Professors Arnold Perlmutter and Kurşunoğlu.
Biography:
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