Arthur Bienenstock

Arthur Bienenstock (born 1935) is a former president of the American Physical Society, serving in that role in 2008. He is also the former director (1978–1998) of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. He is professor emeritus of Photon Science at Stanford University. He was Vice Provost and Dean of Research at Stanford University from 2003 until 2006. He received his B.S. in 1955 and M.S. in 1957 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and a Ph.D. in 1962 from Harvard University.