Raymond George Herb (January 22, 1908 – October 1, 1996) was an American professor of nuclear physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
His work influenced the Manhattan Project, which built the first nuclear weapons.
In 1960, the University of São Paulo awarded him an honorary doctorate.
He started a company called NEC that manufactures electrostatic accelerators.
[2] University of Wisconsin now holds a seminar series in his memory.