Harold Weinstock

Harold Weinstock, 89, died January 3, 2024, in his home at Greenspring Village, VA, with his wife Linda by his side. Dr. Weinstock was born December 25, 1934, in Philadelphia, PA, to Alex and Tillie Weinstock. They ran a dry goods store. He grew up in Philadelphia. Dr. Weinstock retired as a program officer at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in 2018, where he managed programs in electronics and electronic materials that relate to superconductivity, metamaterials, and nanoelectronics. He received a B.A. in physics from Temple University in 1956 and a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University in 1962. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from INSA de Lyon. He was for more than 20 years a professor of physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was the founding director of IIT’s Educational Technology Center. Dr. Weinstock carried out research for much of his career. Among his accomplishments, he was a leading expert in the science and engineering of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). In addition to IIT, he served in research appointments at the University of Maryland, the Naval Research Laboratory, the University of Leuven in Belgium, the University of Nijmegen in The Netherlands, INSA de Lyon in France, and the University of Houston. In 2002, he was a Guest Professor at the University of Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie, where he helped establish a research program in SQUID nondestructive evaluation. From 1972 to 1986, he was a part-time Visiting Staff Member at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he engaged in research on current-carrying superconductors. He was the author or co-author of over 100 articles on scientific research or educational development, held one patent, and edited of 11 books, mostly on superconductivity. Dr. Weinstock was Fellow of the Air Force Research Laboratory, the American Physical Society, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. From 1976 to 1999, he was the Director or Co-Director of eight NATO Advanced Study Institutes in Belgium, France, Norway, Italy, and the USA. Other duties with NATO included organizing the 2000 Workshop on Advanced Magnetic Materials in Marathon, Greece, and serving as the lead U.S. delegate on NATO Defense Research Group Long-Term Scientific Studies on High-Temperature Superconductivity and on Electric Pulsed Power Systems. He was for many years a principal scientific advisor to the CEO of CardioMag Imaging, Inc., a company based in Schenectady, NY, that makes SQUID-array sensing systems to detect heart disease noninvasively and without stress. Dr. Weinstock is survived by his wife, sons Steven Weinstock of Alexandria, VA, and Allen Weinstock of Harrisonburg, VA, and sisters-in-law Harriet Miller Darvas of Boynton Beach, FL, and Marilyn Paul of Washington, DC. Contributions to charities are encouraged in lieu of flowers.

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Harold Weinstock

December 25, 1934 - January 3, 2024