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Henry M. Foley
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<p>Henry Michael Foley (1917–1982) was an American experimental <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a>. </p><p>He was a professor and a leading physicist at <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a>, later serving as chairman of the physics department. In 1948, <a href="/facts/Polykarp_Kusch/1D2GLXbW">Polykarp Kusch</a>, working with Henry Foley, discovered the <a href="/facts/Anomalous_magnetic_dipole_moment/s8fVr0An">anomalous magnetic dipole moment</a> of the electron. He served on the <a href="/facts/JASON_Defense_Advisory_Group/HGYRx7xz">JASON Defense Advisory Group</a>, an independent group of scientists which advises the United States Government on matters of science and technology. He also served on the <a href="/facts/LGM-118_Peacekeeper/HpETRcB9">MX Missile Basing</a> advisory panel. </p>