Isadore Perlman

<h2 id="neutron-activation-analysis">Neutron activation analysis</h2>
He was also a top expert in the field of <a href="/facts/Archaeometry/456YKw8V">archaeometry</a>. He pioneered high-precision methods of <a href="/facts/Neutron_activation_analysis/vvRTfc5U">neutron activation analysis</a> at the <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Berkeley_Laboratory/tvjPSwC9">Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory</a> in the US. Neutron activation analysis helps to determine the origin of ancient pottery and other artifacts through the analysis of the clay from which they were made. He was helped in the project by another noted scientist <a href="/facts/Frank_Asaro/hXEkCTYP">Frank Asaro</a>. Second millennium BC pottery known as <a href="/facts/Cypriot_Bichrome_ware/Yf1XvcAT">Cypriot Bichrome ware</a> was one of the first archaeological projects that Perlman and Asaro undertook.

<h2 id="recognition">Recognition</h2>
Perlman was a member of the <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">National Academy of Sciences</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>
a member of the <a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences/KptWYgz4">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a> a member of the Danish Royal Academy,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a>
chairman of the Department of Chemistry of the <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>
head of the Nuclear Chemistry Division and an associate director of the <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Radiation_Laboratory/tvjPSwC9">Lawrence Radiation Laboratory</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a>

<h2 id="legacy">Legacy</h2>
In 2006, Perlman's former student and collaborator <a href="/facts/Frank_Asaro/hXEkCTYP">Frank Asaro</a> transferred archives of their work at <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory/tvjPSwC9">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a> to the <a href="/facts/University_of_Missouri_Research_Reactor_Center/PXCsU5jv">University of Missouri Research Reactor Center</a> with the request that they transcribe these data and share them with the scientific community. After more than a decade, a (nearly) comprehensive archive of the work of Asaro, Perlman, and Michel on the geochemistry of archaeological and geological samples was produced by Matthew T. Boulanger.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a> This archive was provided to the scientific community via <a href="https://core.tdar.org/collection/7901/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-lbnl-nuclear-archaeology-program-archives">the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR)</a>. The knowledge and experiences gained through working with these records has been used to recommend best practices to modern laboratories producing similar data to ensure that they remain useful into the future.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a>

<h2 id="notable-awards">Notable awards</h2>
<ul><li>1939 Rosenberg Fellowship<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a></li>
<li>1940 Upjohn Research Fellowship<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a></li>
<li>1952 California Section Award, <a href="/facts/American_Chemical_Society/Alf3uhaF">American Chemical Society</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a></li>
<li>1955 <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellow/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellow</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a></li>
<li>1960 <a href="/facts/Ernest_O._Lawrence_Award/jjBo3awI">Ernest O. Lawrence Award</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission/7VXrvVJ9">Atomic Energy Commission</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a></li>
<li>1963 <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellow/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellow</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a></li>
<li>1964 <a href="/facts/American_Chemical_Society/Alf3uhaF">American Chemical Society</a> Award for Nuclear Applications in Chemistry<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="chronology">Chronology</h2>
<ul><li>April 12, 1915 born in <a href="/facts/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin/Ucx5PVHn">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a></li>
<li>1936: BS, <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> (<a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">Chemistry</a>)</li>
<li>1940: PhD, <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> (<a href="/facts/Physiology/fh25y2pQ">Physiology</a>)</li>
<li>1936–1937: Paraffin Company, Inc., Control Chemist</li>
<li>1940–1941: <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a>, Upjohn Fellow</li>
<li>1942–1943: <a href="/facts/Manhattan_Project/gtg8yRK2">Manhattan Project</a>, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Researcher</li>
<li>1943–1944: <a href="/facts/Manhattan_Project/gtg8yRK2">Manhattan Project</a>, Oak Ridge Clinton Laboratory, Senior Chemist</li>
<li>1944–1945: <a href="/facts/Manhattan_Project/gtg8yRK2">Manhattan Project</a>, <a href="/facts/Hanford_Engineering_Works/tAPrAEeR">Hanford Engineering Works</a> (GE), Senior Chemist</li>
<li>1945–1974: <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a>, Associate Professor to Professor of Chemistry</li>
<li>1963: elected to <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">National Academy of Sciences</a></li>
<li>1974–1988: <a href="/facts/Hebrew_University/aEpNukpQ">Hebrew University</a>, Professor of Archeology and Chemistry</li>
<li>1988–1991: <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory/tvjPSwC9">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a>, Researcher</li>
<li>August 3, 1991 died in <a href="/facts/Los_Alamitos,_California/GDxIjbl4">Los Alamitos, California</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/perlman-isadore.pdf">Isadore Perlman</a> — <a href="/facts/Biographical_Memoirs_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences/AcA17eSu">Biographical Memoirs</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">National Academy of Sciences</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">Isadore Perlman; Nuclear Chemist, Expert on Alpha Particle Decay;August 09, 1991 <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-09-mn-84-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-09-mn-84-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"The Array of Contemporary American Physicists:Isadore Perlman". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2012-01-09. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306151906/https://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?perlmani" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160306151906/https://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?perlmani</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">University of California:In Memoriam <a href="http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb7c6007sj;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00049&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=calisphere" target="_blank">http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb7c6007sj;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00049&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=calisphere</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">New York Times: Outstanding Events of 1947, Isadore Perlman in isolating curium, the heaviest known chemical element and the most violently radioactive;By WALDEMAR KAEMPFFERT;December 28, 1947,
 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1947/12/28/archives/outstanding-events-of-1947-omitting-some-no-doubt-in-the-field-of.html?sq=Isadore%2520Perlman&scp=4&st=cse" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1947/12/28/archives/outstanding-events-of-1947-omitting-some-no-doubt-in-the-field-of.html?sq=Isadore%2520Perlman&scp=4&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">New York Times:Curium, Man-Made Element 96, Is Isolated in Visible Quantity; Chemists at City Session Hear of the Violently Radioactive Solid -- Photo of Glowing Salt Solution Is Displayed ELEMENT CURIUM VISIBLY ISOLATED;By WILLIAM L. LAURENCE;September 17, 1947,
 <a href="https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C11F83C55147B93C5A81782D85F438485F9&scp=1&sq=Isadore%20Perlman&st=cse" target="_blank">https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C11F83C55147B93C5A81782D85F438485F9&scp=1&sq=Isadore%20Perlman&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">New York Times:Ratio of Elements in Stars Found To Vary -- Speedboat Design;September 14, 1947,
 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1947/09/14/archives/ratio-of-elements-in-stars-found-to-vary-speedboat-design.html?sq=Isadore%2520Perlman&scp=5&st=cse" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1947/09/14/archives/ratio-of-elements-in-stars-found-to-vary-speedboat-design.html?sq=Isadore%2520Perlman&scp=5&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">New York Times:SCIENCE ACADEMY BACKS ENGINEERS; Supports Plan to Establish Co-Equal Organization; By WALTER SULLIVAN Special to The New York Times;Fabian Bachrach;April 24, 1963 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1963/04/24/archives/science-academy-backs-engineers-supports-plan-to-establish-coequal.html?sq=Isadore%2520Perlman&scp=6&st=cse" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1963/04/24/archives/science-academy-backs-engineers-supports-plan-to-establish-coequal.html?sq=Isadore%2520Perlman&scp=6&st=cse</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">Boulanger, Matthew T. (2013). "Salvage Archaeometry: Lessons Learned from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Archaeometric Archives". The SAA Archaeological Record. 13 (1): 14–19. <a href="http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=143555" target="_blank">http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=143555</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:19">Boulanger, Matthew T. (2013). "Salvage Archaeometry: Lessons Learned from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Archaeometric Archives". The SAA Archaeological Record. 13 (1): 14–19. <a href="http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=143555" target="_blank">http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=143555</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">Boulanger, Matthew (2016-12-08), Hunt, Alice (ed.), "Recycling Data: Working with Published and Unpublished Ceramic Compositional Data", The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis, Oxford University Press, pp. 72–84, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.013.6, ISBN 978-0-19-968153-2, retrieved 2022-10-07 <a href="978-0-19-968153-2" target="_blank">978-0-19-968153-2</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:21">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:22">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:23">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:24">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:25">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:26">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:27">Isadore Perlman; by Glenn T. Seaborg and Frank Asaro <a href="http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html" target="_blank">http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?book=biomems&page=iperlman.html</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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