David Henry Frisch ’40

M.I.T. PROFESSOR EMERITUS Dave Frisch died in Cambridge, Mass., on May 23, 1991. He leaves his wife, Rose, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health; a daughter, Ruth Dealy; a son, Henry; and four granddaughters. Dave entered Princeton with the class of 1939 and was with 1940 for senior year only. He graduated with honors in physics and received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1947. During WWII he helped develop the atomic bomb and later became a strong proponent of arms control and nuclear disarmament.

In 1946 Dave went on to M.I.T. as a research associate, moving to assistant and associate professor, and to full professor in 1958. He wrote and published extensively and in 1954 conducted research at the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society and once headed the Academy of Arts and Sciences committee on arms limitations problems.

To Dave's family, friends, and associates, the Class offers its sympathy at their loss, but does find comfort in recognizing Dave as a classmate who distinguished himself as a leading scholar, physicist, and teacher in many phases of atomic and nuclear developments.

The Class of 1940