Martin J. Sherwin

Martin J. Sherwin (1937-2021) was a distinguished University Professor of History at George Mason University whose scholarly work revolutionized our understanding of nuclear history and the Cold War era. His co-authored biography "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" with Kai Bird earned the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography, while his other significant works include "A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies" and his final book "Gambling with Armageddon." Throughout his career, Sherwin garnered numerous accolades, including the Stuart L. Bernath Prize, and held prestigious fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation. As an advisor on documentary films about the nuclear age and a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Society of American Historians, he dedicated his life to illuminating the complexities of the atomic age until his passing in Washington, DC in 2021.