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2 unusual facts about Carl B. Weinberg


Carl B. Weinberg

Starting in 1982, while based in Toronto as an economist at the Bank of Montreal, Weinberg served on several bank advisory committees aimed at negotiating multi-year restructuring deals to keep Latin American sovereign borrowers from defaulting on their loans.

As an IBM Fellow, Weinberg spent several years in Italy in the 1970s, developing macroeconomic modeling innovations at the IBM Scientific Center, located in Pisa.


Alan P. Bell

In 1968, Bell and a colleague, Martin S. Weinberg, began surveying nearly 1,000 gays in San Francisco to assess their mental health and to try to determine what, if anything, in their lives had influenced their sexual orientation.

Alvin M. Weinberg

The HRE went into operation in 1950 and, at the criticality party, Weinberg brought the appropriate spirits: "When piles go critical in Chicago, we celebrate with wine. When piles go critical in Tennessee, we celebrate with Jack Daniel's."

Carl B. Allendoerfer

Allendoerfer is also known as a proponent of the New Math movement in the 1950s and 1960s, which sought to improve American primary and secondary mathematics education by teaching abstract concepts like set theory early in the curriculum.

Carl B. Camras

After many rejections, he partnered with a renowned researcher-novelist Dr. László Z. Bitó who agreed to work with him on the project.

Carl B. Koford

Also the Eastern puna mouse (Punomys kofordi) and the Coastal Leaf-toad Gecko Phyllodactylus kofordi were named after him.

Carl Buckingham Koford (September 3, 1915 in Oakland, California – December 3, 1979 in Berkeley, California) was an American biologist who is known for his research work on the behavior of the California Condor.

Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women

Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women is a 1978 book about homosexuality by Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg.

Homosexuality: An Annotated Bibliography

Homosexuality: An Annotated Bibliography, by Alan P. Bell and Martin S. Weinberg, is a 1972 bibliography of literature on homosexuality.

Joint Task Force Lebanon

Task Force 59 personnel, led by Marine Corps Brigadier General Carl Jensen, were the first to arrive in the “joint operation area” (JOA) region on July 16 where DoD assets evacuated 21 American citizens out of Beirut by helicopter on the first day.

Martin S. Weinberg

In 2002 he received the Simon-Gagnon Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Sexualities from the American Sociological Association.

Mexicans of American descent

More recent prominent Mexican Mormons of American descent include Carl B. Pratt, the current president of the LDS Church's Missionary Training Center in Mexico City and a former General Authority of the church.

Stanley L. Weinberg

Stanley L. Weinberg (August 21, 1911 – March 28, 2001) was the founder of the National Center for Science Education.


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