Harold Porter Eubank (23 October 1924 – 23 March 2006, in Kilmarnock, Virginia) was an American physicist, specializing in magnetic fusion energy research.
[1][2] Eubank grew up in rural Virginia and then in WW II served in the U.S. Army, receiving a Bronze Star.
From 1959 to 1985 Eubank was a research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).
[1] Eubank published more than 100 papers and spoke frequently at scientific meetings in the U.S. and internationally.
Upon his death he was survived by his widow, two sons, a daughter, two granddaughters, two step-children, and his first wife.