Dan Q. Posin: Professor of Physical Science, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Sciences

Dan Q. Posin. 1967. Professor of Physical Science, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Sciences. BA (1932), MA (1934), Ph.D. (1935) University of California, Berkeley. Flamboyant science professor who started a group called Professors for Peace in 1973 to promote peaceful applications for using atomic energy. Posin led a food and clothing drive in his Science and Human Values class to support hurricane victims in Honduras in 1974. Awarded six Emmys for “Test Television Educator for his thirty half-hour color television shows produced by KQED and aired nationally for sixth grade students called Science in the Age of Space. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974.