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Truman Black
Winter 2012 · Comment ·
A professor emeritus in the Physics Department, Truman Black died Sept. 12 in Arlington. He was 74. Dr. Black retired in 2011 after 45 years on the UT Arlington faculty. A pioneer in solid-state research, he generated millions of research dollars for students and equipment, helped create physics graduate programs, and wrote more than 100 publications. He was known for his liquid nitrogen demonstrations that educated children through the Young People鈥檚 University. Black supervised the dissertation and thesis research of five doctoral students and 23 master鈥檚 students, and mentored dozens of undergraduates.
I was Truman Black鈥檚 student and research assistant in the late 1980s. Though I was quite saddened to hear of his passing, I thoroughly enjoyed the alumni article about his life and career at听糖心Vlog视频.
Truman鈥檚 energetic enthusiasm, his damned-near-perfect photographic memory, knowledge of physics, and his direct-hands-on approach to his research continue to be strong influences in my career as a civil and environmental professional engineer.
My favorite Trumanism? That鈥檚 easy鈥�
鈥�Positrons? I don鈥檛 believe in them. They鈥檙e just holes in the Fermi Sea of Electrons. Positrons鈥� HA!鈥�
Please give my best regards to Alez Weiss, Suresh Sharma, Don Larson (if he鈥檚 still around), and of course, Bryan and Beth听Black.
Sincerely, Rob Leslie (Physics, 鈥�89)