Louis Rosenblum

American chemist and activist (1923-2019)

Louis (Lou) Rosenblum (15 November 1923 – 4 April 2019) was an American research scientist and activist. His works were about the movement for freedom of Jews of the Soviet Union.[1] He was a founder of the first organization to support the freedom of Soviet Jews. He was a research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center.

Louis Rosenblum at dedication of solar energy installation on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Schuchuli, Arizona, 16 December 1978

He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rosenblum died on 4 April 2019 at his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts at the age of 95.[2]

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  1. Watson (Congresswoman), Diane (18 June 2007). "Honoring the Life of Jacob Birnbaum" (PDF). Congressional Record. 153 (part 12): H6605–H6607.
  2. Louis Rosenblum, 95, NASA innovator, led drive to free Soviet Jews