Melvin Lax, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Melvin Lax

American physicist

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1922

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2002

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Melvin Lax (March 8, 1922 – December 8, 2002) was a distinguished Professor of Physics at City College of New York and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1983, and notable for his contributions to research of random processes in physics.
He was the chairman of the Theoretical Physics Department at Bell Labs from 1962 to 1964.
He was also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Optical Society of America.