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==Personal Life==
Rothman was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], and attended Central High School. He attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (now University of the Sciences) from 1936 to 1938 where he majored in chemistry.

Not only a [[fan]] and a published [[author]], Rothman was a nuclear physicist. From 1943 to 1944 he studied at Oregon State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He served in the U.S. [[army]] from 1944 to 1946, becoming a sergeant in the Signal Corps. After [[World War II]], Rothman returned to Philadelphia to study at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received an M.S. in 1948 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1952. 

Rothman went to work for the Bartol Research Center in Springfield, PA. He joined the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab where he worked for almost 10 years on the Model-C Stellerator, the largest fusion experimental device of the time. Subsequently, he became a Professor of Physics at Trenton State College.  He retired from teaching in 1979. 

In his later years, he was a Senior Scientist at the Franklin Institute Research Laboratory in Philadelphia. He authored seven science fact books, including ''Discovering the Natural Laws'' in 1972 and a number of articles. In addition, Rothman became an active member of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the [[Paranormal]], authoring ''A Physicists' Guide to Skepticism''.

In 1950, Rothman married psychotherapist Doris “Dorry” Weiss; the marriage ended in divorce in 1973. His second marriage was to epidemiologist Anita K. Bahn, who died in 1980, the year they officially married. The following year, he married Miriam Mednick, a social worker, to whom he remained married until his death.

His son, [[Tony Rothman]], is also a physicist and [[sf]] writer. His daughter, Lynne Lyon, is a licensed social worker specializing in attachment therapy. 

Milt Rothman died in Wyncote, PA, in 2001, of heart failure, from complications due to diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

'''See:'''
* {{SFE|name=rothman_milton_a}}.
* {{link | website=https://www.bucconeer.worldcon.org/pr3/rothman3.htm|text=His autobiographical article from the BucConeer PR 3}}.
* [[wikipedia:Milton A. Rothman|Wikipedia entry.]]
* [https://www.librarything.com/author/rothmanmiltona Bibliography at LibraryThing.]
* An early short biography in [[Who's Who in Fandom 1940]], p. 12. 
* In 1989, Rothman wrote reminiscences of several [[Worldcons]] for the [[Noreascon Three]] [[PB]]:
** [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Rothman)|Nycon]].
** [[Philcon I Reminiscence (Rothman)|Philcon I]].
** [[Philcon II Reminiscence (Rothman)|Philcon II]].

{{fanzines}} 
* ''[[Fantasy Fiction Telegram]]'' [1936-38] (with others)
* ''[[Milty's Mag]]'' [1940-46]
* ''[[National Fantasy Fan]]'' [1940s]
* ''[[Plenum]]'' [1946-49]
* ''[[Science Fiction Debater]]'' [1939]
* ''[[Third Science Fiction Convention Booklet]]'' [1941] (with [[John Baltadonis]] and [[Ossie Train]])
* ''[[War in Heaven]]'' [1940] (for [[FAPA]], with [[Elmer Perdue]] and [[Jack Speer]])

{{recognition}}
* 1976 — [[Philcon 1976]]
* 1998 — [[First Fandom Hall of Fame]], '''[[fan GoH]] at [[BucConeer]]'''  


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