Homer Neal
| Homer Alfred Neal | |
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| Born |
June 13, 1942 Franklin, Kentucky |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | CERN, University of Michigan |
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| Notable students | Marjorie Corcoran |
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Homer Alfred Neal (born June 13, 1942) is an African-Americanparticle physicist and a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan. Neal is President of the American Physical Society in 2016. He is also a board member of Ford Motor Company, a council member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and a director of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Neal was the interim President of the University of Michigan in 1996. Neal's research group works as part of the ATLAS experiment hosted at CERN in Geneva.
Neal grew up in highly-segregated Franklin, Kentucky, and was forced by his neighbors there to break off relations with a white friend with whom he had bonded over a shared interest in ham radio. He received his B.S. in Physics from Indiana University in 1961, and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1966. From 1976 to 1981, Neal was Dean for Research and Graduate Development at Indiana University, and from 1981 to 1986 he was provost at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Neal holds Honorary Doctorates from Indiana University, Michigan State University, Notre Dame University.
Homer Neal is a notable figure in U.S. science policy. From 1980 to 1986, Neal served as a member of the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation, the federal agency responsible for the funding of basic research. While on the National Science Board he chaired the committee that produced the Board's first comprehensive report on undergraduate science education. He has also served as Chairman of the Physics Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation. Over the course of his career, Neal has delivered testimony on numerous occasions to Congress.
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