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Paul Fishbane
Fishbane is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical High Energy Physics at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1967.
Fishbane has had long-standing connections to the Aspen Center for Physics: he began visiting when he was a postdoc. Later in his career, he served as President from 1976 to 1979; Vice President from 1982 to 1985; and again as President from 1988 to 1989.
In addition to publishing works in physics, Fishbane has contributed art and culture articles to Tablet Magazine.
Positions Held
Trustee, 1974 – 1981 & 1992 – 1995
Secretary, 1974 – 1975
General Member, 1990 – 2001
Vice President, 1992 – 1985
President, 1976 – 1979 & 1988 – 1989
Honorary Member, 2001 – 2006
Honorary Trustee, 1983 – current
Related Content
Presidential Essay from Paul Fishbane
By Paul Fishbane
First things first: We can all be discretely proud, through our efforts to make it possible, of the scientific work that took place at the Center. I couldn't begin here to summarize the real work that took place while I partly watched from my administrator's perch