Roger G. Newton

Roger Gerhard Newton (né Neuweg; November 30, 1924 – April 14, 2018) was a German-born American physicist.

Newton was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Weimar Germany (present day Gorzów Wielkopolski) on November 30, 1924 to parents Margaret Blume and Arthur Newton, a dentist.[1][2] Because of their Jewish heritage, Newton's family was targeted by the Gestapo.[3] Though Newton enrolled at the University of Berlin, he and his family moved to Buffalo, New York after World War II.[3] After serving in the United States Army,[1][3] he completed a bachelor's degree at Harvard University in 1949.[1] Shortly after earning his doctorate in 1953,[1] Newton married Ruth Gordon.[1][2] He worked for the Institute for Advanced Study until joining the Indiana University Bloomington faculty in 1955.[1][2] He became a full professor in 1960, and was named a distinguished professor in 1978.[1] Over the course of his career, Newton served as associate editor of the American Journal of Physics and Inverse Problems and head editor of the Journal of Mathematical Physics.[2] Additionally, he was granted fellowship into the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Newton is well known for his book Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles. [1] Newton died at home on April 14, 2018, aged 93.[3]