Frederick Seitz

Frederick Seitz
4th President of the Rockefeller University
In office 1968–1978
Preceded by	Detlev Bronk
Succeeded by	Joshua Lederberg
17th President of the National Academy of Sciences
In office 1962–1969
Preceded by	Detlev Bronk
Succeeded by	Philip Handler
Personal details
Born	(1911-07-04)July 4, 1911 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	March 2, 2008(2008-03-02) (aged 96) New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Stanford University (BS) Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Wigner–Seitz unit cell
Awards	National Medal of Science (1973) Vannevar Bush Award (1983)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Illinois Rockefeller University
Thesis	A matrix-algebraic development of the crystallographic groups (1934)
Doctoral advisor	Eugene Wigner
Doctoral students	Franco Bassani Ronald Fuchs Jack Goldman Walter A. Harrison [de] James Stark Koehler

Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist, tobacco industry lobbyist, and climate change denier. Seitz was the 4th president of Rockefeller University from 1968 to 1978, and the 17th president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1962 to 1969. Seitz was the recipient of the National Medal of Science, NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award, and other honors.

He founded the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and several other material research laboratories across the United States.^[1][2] Seitz was also the founding chairman of the George C. Marshall Institute,^[3] a tobacco industry consultant, and a prominent climate change denier.