Bernstein, Seymour, 1915-

Seymour Bernstein was born on February 20, 1909 in Chicago to Isadore Samuel and Etta Sher Bernstein. He received a B.S in engineering from the University of Illinois (1930) and a Ph.D in Physics from the University of Chicago (1939).

Bernstein was an engineer for the city of Chicago from 1930 to 1934. He was an instructor at Austin College, Chicago from 1939 to 1942. In 1942 he came to the University of Chicago as a research associate. In 1944 Bernstein left for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to work as their chief physicist. He returned to Chicago in 1964 to teach physics at the University of Illinois.

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