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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectRoy W. Gould
Dates
April 25, 1927 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-
Biography
Abstract
Roy W. Gould is Simon Ramo Professor Emeritus, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, at California Institute of Technology (1955-present). Other institutional affiliations include Hughes Aircraft Company. His research interests include basic plasma physics and microwave electronics.
Important Dates
April 25, 1927Birth, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1949Obtained BS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1950Obtained MS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1951 – 1952Research Engineer, Missile Guidance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.).
1955 – presentAssociate Professor of Electrical Engineering (1955-1960); Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics (1960-1974); Executive Officer, Applied Physics (1973-1979); Professor of Applied Physics (1974-1980); Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science (1979-1985); Simon Ramo Professor, Division of Engineering and Applied Science (1980-1996); and Simon Ramo Professor Emeritus, Division of Engineering and Applied Science (1996-present), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1956Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1970 – 1972Assistant Director of Research, Fusion, United States Atomic Energy Commission.
1994Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Additional
Bromberg, Joan Lisa
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Obtained BS (1949). Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering; Executive Officer, Applied Physics; Professor of Applied Physics; Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science; Simon Ramo Professor; and Simon Ramo Professor Emeritus.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained PhD in Physics (1956). Professor of Physics.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Research Engineer, Missile Guidance.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Assistant Director of Research, Fusion.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1994 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering
Obtained MS (1950).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with Roy Gould, 1996 1 March-10 April.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Amnon Yariv, 1999 November 17, 24 and December 1.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA