Herbert Inhaber

Dr. Inhaber held a BS from McGill University, Montreal, Canada; a MS from the University of Illinois and a PhD. from the University of Oklahoma, all in physics and mathematics. He taught for five years at the Physics Department of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada as an adjunct professor. The second year elective course that he developed, “Physics of the Environment”, was later published as a book.

Dr. Inhaber had been a teacher at the University of Phoenix (Las Vegas), teaching mathematics and business statistics, and ITT Technical Institute (Henderson, NV), teaching first and second-year college mathematics..

He also was a Visiting Professor in the School of Environment and Forestry and Department of History of Science and Medicine at Yale University.

He was a Senior Risk Assessment Expert at the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

He had been a Principal Scientist at Westinghouse Savannah River Co., South Carolina, and at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, where he performed research on risk and energy.

Herbert was the author of eight books: WHY ENERGY CONSERVATION FAILS; SLAYING THE NIMBY DRAGON; ENERGY RISK ASSESSMENT ; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICES ; PHYSICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT; WHAT IN THE WORLD?; HOW RICH IS TOO RICH?; and a book on folk masks around the world.He had published about 150 scientific articles and reviews, on subjects such as risk analysis, environmental quality, physics, nuclear energy, economics, mechanical engineering and sociology of science in such journals as Science, Nature, Risk Analysis and Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.

Dr. Inhaber had written over 200 newspaper columns and op-ed pieces in such papers as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. His work had been cited over 2200 times in the scientific literature, including over 900 books and monographs, many in foreign languages (German, French, Hungarian, Danish, Finnish, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and others). He had lectured in the United states and in 15 countries.Herbert Inhaber had been the author of five encyclopedia articles in McGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY and McGRAW-HILL STANDARD HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY.

Dr. Inhaber was a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, was elected to its International Board of Directors and served for three years as chair of its Public Policy Committee. He had been on the editorial board of three journals: Risk Analysis, Risk Abstracts, and Scientometrics (sociology of science).

He was avid traveler and explored all continents except Antarctica. His extensive mask collection reflects his interest in the world cultures and traditions.

Herbert will always be loved and remembered by his surviving spouse, life partner and friend Irina Kulida.

Dr. Inhaber is also survived by daughters Mollye Inhaber (Las Vegas, NV), McNeal Stepien (Milwaukee, WI) and Diane McGrath (London, England), sister Marsha Darmon (Montreal, Canada) and brother Jack Inhaber (Los Angeles, California).