Jonathan Rosner

Rosner was born in New York City in 1941, grew up in Yonkers, NY where he attended Roosevelt High School, and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1962. His wife Joy, whom he married in 1965, is a handweaver. They have two children: Hannah (b. 1969) and Benjamin (b. 1979). Before coming to the University of Chicago in 1982 Rosner was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Washington (1965-1967), a Visiting Lecturer at Tel Aviv University (1967-1969), and a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota (1969-1982). His honors include an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowhip, Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Graduate TeachingAward from the University of Chicago (based in part on his encouragement of experimental final projects in theoretical courses), and a Distinguished Visiting Lectureship at the Technion. He has held an amateur radio license since 1953.

Further information may be found on his web page here.