Art Schelberg died Nov. 16, 2009, in Los Alamos, N.M., his home for many years. He was born in New York City and prepared at Bronxville (N.Y.) High School.
At Princeton, Art majored in physics. Like many people gifted in mathematics, he enjoyed music and played as a member of the Princeton Band and Orchestra. He joined Court Club.
After graduation, Art joined the group of physicists around Professor Henry DeWolf Smyth ’18 *21 that became known as the Manhattan Project. In 1943 he and others in the group continued their work at Los Alamos, N.M. After the successful testing of the atomic bomb at the Trinity site in 1945 and the end of World War II, many members of the project left to continue their educations. Art, his wife, Margaret, and their first child moved to the University of Indiana, where he earned a Ph.D. in physics. With his new degree in hand he returned to Los Alamos and joined the testing group at the National Laboratory.
Art retired from the lab in 1982. He continued working until 2001 for EG&G and Bechtel. In 1988, Margaret died. In 1989, Art married Marie, who survives him along with his son, John; and his daughters, Kathleen Balch, Eileen Schelberg, and Anne Lenz. To them, the class sends condolences.