He discovered Ps but I doubt if he was supportive of LENR. He was considered for the Nobel but lost out, if this obit is correct
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2002/deutsch Deutsch was negative on LENR IIRC and went out of his way to criticize P&F. -----Original Message----- From: Bob Cook It may have been Martin Deutsch--Nobel Prize 1956--He worked on the Manhattan Project and was at MIT. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones Beene" Does anyone remember who first proposed this for LENR? Hmmm... could it be Julian Schwinger ??? Not a bad pedigree for the field. Sorry to pun-ish you, but wouldn't this make Jules the original free swinger ? “If you can’t join them, beat them.” - Julian Schwinger, Nobel prize winner in Physics, 1965