White, Herman Brenner, 1948-
Oral history interview with Herman White, 2020 April 1.
Interview with Herman B. White, physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. White recounts his childhood in Tuskegee, Alabama and growing up during segregation. He discusses his early interests in science and his decision to enroll at Earlham College in Indiana as an undergraduate. White then describes his time at Michigan State University as a graduate student, during which he also held a position as a resident research associate at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. White talks about his transition from nuclear physics to particle physics upon completing his masters degree at MSU. He discusses the events that led him to accept a position at Fermilab rather than immediately pursue a PhD. White was the first African-American scientist appointed at Fermilab, and he recounts his early years there being mentored by Raymond Stefanski. He then describes his research fellowship at Yale and his non-traditional path to getting a PhD in 1991 from Florida State University. White talks about returning to Fermilab to work on kaon physics, and his eventual involvement in the Tevatron experiment. Toward the end of the interview, White reflects on the changes and trends he has seen in the research being done at Fermilab over the years, as well as his involvement in the National Society of Black Physicists.
Herman B. White is a physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He completed his graduate studies at Michigan State and Florida State Universities, and has also spent time at Yale and Argonne National Laboratory. White was the 2010 recipient of the Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society.
Adair, Robert K., 1924-
Blosser, Henry Gabriel
Carrigan, R. A.
Hagopian, V.,
Lannutti, J. E.
Lederman, Leon M.
Telegdi, Val, 1922-2006
Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
White, Herman Brenner, 1948-
American Physical Society
Argonne National Laboratory
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Florida State University
Michigan State University
National Society of Black Physicists
Yale University
Accelerators.
African American physicists
Colliders (Nuclear physics).
Cyclotrons
Kaons.
Neutrinos
Nuclear physics
Particle physics. gtt
Quantum theory
Synchrocyclotrons
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Zierler, David, 1979- interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA