Homer Neal
Homer Alfred Neal | |
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Neal at the Physics Today roundtable, November 1991 | |
| Born | June 13, 1942 |
| Died | May 23, 2018 (aged 75) |
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| Interim President of the University of Michigan | |
| In office 1996–1996 | |
| Preceded by | James J. Duderstadt |
| Succeeded by | Lee C. Bollinger |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
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| Thesis | The polarization parameter in elastic proton-proton scattering from .75 to 2.84 GeV. (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael J. Longo |
| Notable students | Marjorie Corcoran |
Homer Alfred Neal (June 13, 1942 – May 23, 2018) was an American particle physicist and a distinguished professor at the University of Michigan. Neal was president of the American Physical Society in 2016. He was also a board member of Ford Motor Company, a council member of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and a director of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Neal was the interim President of the University of Michigan in 1996. Neal's research group works as part of the ATLAS experiment hosted at CERN in Geneva.