Ari Brynjolfsson

Ari Brynjolfsson (1926 – 2013;[1] Icelandic spelling Brynjólfsson) was an Icelandic physicist known for his work in America on food irradiation and for the development of radiation facilities.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ari.
Ari Brynjolfsson
BornDecember 7, 1926
Akureyri, Iceland
DiedJune 28, 2013(2013-06-28) (aged 85)
Tampa, Florida, USA
NationalityIcelandic and American
Occupationphysicist

Background

Ari Brynjolfsson was born in Akureyri, Iceland, one of the seven children of Brynjólfur Sigtryggsson and Guðrún Rósinkarsdóttir[2] from Hörgárdalur.[3] He lived in Krossanes, Eyjafjörður[4] and graduated from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri in 1948,[5] then studied nuclear physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1948 to 1954, gaining his PhD,[6] with a thesis which dealt with a device he had constructed for accurately measuring magnetism in rocks.[4] Following this he became a special research fellow of the University of Iceland from 1954 to 1955, then an Alexander von Humboldt fellow of the University of Göttingen, Germany, from 1955 to 1957.[6] While at Göttingen he contributed important work in magnetic moments, using a self-devised instrument with which he and others provided the strongest evidence to that date for magnetic field reversals.[7]

He became Head of Radiation Facilities for the Danish government at Risø (1957–1965) and then Head of US Army Radiation Facilities, Natick, Massachusetts[3][8] (1965–1980). He also served as the Director of IFFIT (International Facility for Food Irradiation Technology) of the Joint FAO/IAEA, United Nations (1988–1992).[9] He gained his DSc in 1973 with a thesis entitled Some Aspects of the Interactions of Fast Charged Particles with Matter which led to his work on plasma redshift.[10]

Many of his publications and much of his work centered around food irradiation and the development of radiation facilities around the world.[2][3] He received several awards including the Møller Foundation Award for exceptional service to Danish Industry, 1965 "Radiation Science and Technology Award of the American Nuclear Society", 1988[11][12] and was noted award recipient from U.S. Brigadier General Merrill L. Tribe in 1963.[13][14]

He died at the age of 86 in Tampa, FL on 28 June 2013, leaving a widow, five children and nineteen grandchildren.[6]

References
  1. "Ari Brynjólfsson – Obituary". Morgunblaðið. 2013-08-24.
  2. Sverrir Páll Erlendsson (23 September 2013). "MA færð minningargjöf um Ara Brynjólfsson". Menntaskólinn á Akureyri. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. "Íslenzkur Kjarnorkufræðingur Við Þýðingarmikið Starf Í Bandaríkjunum". Tíminn (266). 15 November 1973. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. "Eyfirðingur yinnur námsafrek erlendis". Dagur. 20 October 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. "Vinnur námsafrek erlendis". Morgunblaðið. 13 October 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. "Ari Brynjolfsson Obituary". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  7. William Glen (1982). The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780804711197. Ari Brynjolfsson.
  8. "Ari til USA". Tíminn. 27 July 1965. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  9. "Ari Brynjolfsson Curriculum Vitae". plasmaredshift.org. 5 December 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  10. Ari Brynjolfsson (1973). Some Aspects of the Interactions of Fast Charged Particles with Matter. Niels Bohr Institute.
  11. "ANS / Honors and Awards / Recipients / Radiation Science and Technology Award". American Nuclear Society. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  12. "Ari Brynjólfsson heiðraður af bandarískum kjarnorkuvísindamönnum: Talinn fremstur í geislarannsóknum". Tíminn (271). 25 November 1988. p. 6. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  13. "U.S. Army Natick Laboratories". historicimages.net. 5 September 1963. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  14. "Íslenzkur Vísindamaður Vinnur Mikið Stórvirki". Tíminn (193). 11 September 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
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