Henry Michael Foley (1917–1982) was an

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experimental

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. He was a professor and a leading physicist at

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, later serving as chairman of the physics department. In 1948, Polykarp Kusch, working with Henry Foley, discovered the

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of the electron. He served on the JASON Defense Advisory Group, an independent group of scientists which advises the United States Government on matters of science and technology. He also served on the MX Missile Basing advisory panel.

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Biography of Henry Michael Foley (American Institute of Physics)

1917 births 1982 deaths Columbia University faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society {{US-physicist-stub