Valerie Elizabeth Ann (Webster) Rauscher (1937 - 2019)

Born 18 Mar 1937 in Alameda, California, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Elizabeth (Webster) Rauscher is Notable.

On 18 Mar 1937, Valerie Elizabeth Ann Webster was born in Alameda, California, USA to a mother whose maiden name was Soderblom. ^[1]

At the time of the 1940 US Census, head of household Philip Webster (age 40, born in MN) was living in Berkeley, California with his wife Claire Webster (age 39, born in CA); daughter Audrey Webster (age 8, born in CA); and daughter Valeria Webster (age 3, born in CA). ^[2]

Death and Legacy

On 3 Jul 2019, Elizabeth A. Rauscher died at age 82. ^[3] Elizabeth's biography was published on a tribute webpage in her honor:

Dr. Elizabeth Ann (E.A.) Rauscher of Apache Junction, Arizona passed away on July 3, 2019 from respiratory/heart complications at age 82. She was preceded in death by her father, Philip J. Webster of Minnesota (1900-1992), and mother, Claire Elsa (née Söderblom) Webster of California (1901-1991). She will be cremated for a scattering ceremony to be scheduled later in the year, while an online Memorial Service is planned for July 28th (with details pending). She was born in Berkeley, California on March 18, 1937 and is predeceased by her second husband, William van Bise, of Lafayette, Louisiana. She is survived by her son, Brent Rauscher and his wife, Cheryl, her grand-daughter, Brittany Williams, her great-grandchildren (Hallie, Sophie and Luke), her sister, Hope Sinclair, and her nieces & nephew (Darlene, Linda, Jessica and Steven). Dr. Elizabeth A. Rauscher was an Astrophysicist, Nuclear Scientist and worked on the NASA space shuttle. She is a former researcher with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI). Rauscher held a PhD in Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics and Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). She was one of the most groundbreaking thinkers in Quantum Physics and a pioneer in spin dynamics, torque and Coriolis forces relative to Einstein’s field equations and the Grand Unification Theory. As a child, she built her own telescopes and cloud chamber. That pursuit of science led to her achieving a Masters in Nuclear Physics in 1965 and her PhD under the renowned nuclear chemist, Glenn T. Seaborg, in 1978. This was a remarkable accomplishment, being the only woman in her class - at that time women accounted for fewer than 5% of academic positions in US Universities. She was active as a Physics Professor, research consultant, and graduate student adviser. In 1975 Rauscher co-founded the Berkeley Fundamental Fysiks Group, an informal group of physicists who met weekly to discuss "quantum mysticism" and the philosophy of quantum physics and nurtured ideas which were unpopular at the time within the physics community, but which later, in part, formed the basis of quantum information science. She was a member of APS, IEEE, AAAS, MAA, ANA, AAMI and a UN delegate/adviser (1979, 1989, 2002). She authored over 280 scientific papers and 6 books, and has 5 U.S. patents and one European patent. She founded several labs for scientific inquiry and has received numerous awards and grants and is listed in eleven Who’s Who, including Marquis’ Who’s Who, and Men and Women in Science and Technology. Rauscher also had a deep interest in psychic phenomena and other paranormal claims which she studied over decades following rigid scientific investigative standards. She loved nature, family and discovery - being an active supporter of many groups preserving our environment and who sought greater understanding of our natural world and the underlying physical principals of reality. Everyone she met was a friend, whether bell-hop or Prince - she cared for them all and each knew her loving heart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Rauscher https://www.irva.org/conferences/speakers/rauscher.html https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Elizabeth_Rauscher ^[4]

Sources

See also * Wikipedia: Elizabeth Rauscher

1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLNT-BDH : 27 November 2014), Valerie Elizabethann Webster, 18 Mar 1937; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9Q3-RLR : 27 July 2019), Claire Webster in household of Philip Webster, Tract 5C, Berkeley, Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-142, sheet 11A, line 3, family 268, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 190.
3. ↑ Campa, Antoinette. Elizabeth A. Rauscher Memorial. 16 Jul 2019. Accessed online on 5 Aug 2019 at https://awisechoiceaz.com/elizabeth-a-rauscher/ by Cynthia Larson.
4. ↑ Elizabeth Rauscher's Online Memorial. Accessed online at http://www.mykeeper.com/profile/ElizabethRauscher/?fbclid=IwAR1i6rSu5cHtAtJtUB1xuH801VMy1rln0tsINVYi1t6roOK0Bbn1ckyJ2g0 on 5 Aug 2019 by Cynthia Larson