{{Short description|Slovak-born American physicist (1902–1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
'''Marcel Schein''' (June 9, 1902 – February 20, 1960) was a Slovak-born American physicist, best known for his work on cosmic rays. He is the father of former MIT professor Edgar Schein.
== Biography == thumb|right|150px|Schein's grave at Oak Woods Cemetery
Marcel Schein was born in Trstená, Kingdom of Hungary on June 9, 1902.<ref name=Dies>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-feb-21-1960-3362104/ |title=Dr. Marcel Schein, U. of C. Cosmic Ray Expert, Dies |date=February 21, 1960 |work=Chicago Tribune |page=8 |accessdate=2022-08-07 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>
He died in Chicago on February 20, 1960, and was buried at Oak Woods Cemetery.<ref name=Dies/>
== Education and career == Schein studied at the universities of Vienna, Würzburg and Zurich, where he got his PhD with the best mark, ''magna cum laude''. In the following years he taught at several European universities. In 1938, he emigrated to the United States where he joined the University of Chicago's Institute of Physics as staff researcher. In 1943, he joined the university's faculty. He was promoted to a full professor three years later in 1946.
== Bibliography == * ''Problems in cosmic ray physics'', 1946
== See also == * Schein
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{MathGenealogy|id=158815}} * {{cite journal|year=1960|title=Obituary: Prof. Marcel Schein|journal=Nature|volume=186|issue=4722|pages=355–356|issn=0028-0836|doi=10.1038/186355a0|bibcode=1960Natur.186..355R|doi-access=free |last1=Rossi |first1=Bruno }} * [https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.SCHEIN Collected Papers at the University of Chicago] * http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!6587~!0&profile=newcustom-icos * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208073557/http://physics.syr.edu/~rsholmes/genealogy.html Rich Holmes: Reports and Slides"] (biography) * https://archive.today/20040818091217/http://www.astrocosmo.cl/astrofis/astrofis-03_06.htm (Italian) *[https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.SCHEIN Guide to the Marcel Schein Papers 1929-1960] at the [https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/scrc/ University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center]
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