Editing David Goodstein (section)

{{Short description|American physicist (1939–2024)}}
{{for|the LGBT activist and publisher|David B. Goodstein}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name              = David L. Goodstein
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| birth_name=David Louis Goodstein
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|mf=y|1939|04|05}}
| birth_place       = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2024|04|10|1939|04|05}}
| death_place       = [[Pasadena, California]]
| fields            = Physics, applied physics
| workplaces        = [[California Institute of Technology]]
| alma_mater        = [[Brooklyn College]]<br />[[University of Washington]]
| thesis_title      = The heat capacity of adsorbed helium
| thesis_url        = https://www.proquest.com/docview/302181987/
| thesis_year       = 1965
| doctoral_advisor  = [[J. Gregory Dash]]
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| doctoral_students = [[Roya Maboudian]]
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| awards            = [[Oersted Medal]] (1999)<br />John P. McGovern Medal
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| spouse            = [[Judith R. Goodstein]]
| relatives         = [[Bill T. Gross]] (son-in-law)
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'''David Louis Goodstein''' (April 5, 1939 – April 10, 2024) was an American physicist and educator. From 1988 to 2007 he served as Vice-[[provost (education)|provost]] of the [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech), where he was also a [[professor]] of physics and [[applied physics]], as well as (since 1995) the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/273/ |title=Interview with David L. Goodstein - CaltechOralHistories|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>