Benson T Chertok

Benson T. Chertok completed a Ph.D. in nuclear physics at Boston University in 1964 as the first doctoral student of Edward Booth. Chertok’s subsequent research at SLAC pioneered the use of high energy electron beams to study nuclear structure. Dr. Chertok’s family and Dr. Booth sponsor the Chertok Lectureship Fund providing for a special colloquium at Boston University. For more on Dr. Benson T. Chertok (1935-1981), click here.