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Published as Subject

Jeremiah D. Sullivan

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Dates

November 15, 1938 – July 7, 2016

Authorized Form of Name

Sullivan, Jeremiah D.

Biography

Abstract

Jeremiah Sullivan was Emeritus Professor of Physics at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2006-2016). His research interests included high-energy electromagnetic interactions and hadron-hadron processes at high energies. He was also interested in civilian and military uses of space, safe and secure dismantlement of nuclear weapons and disposition of fissile materials, technologies for enhancing the effectiveness of peace operations, arms control verification, and science and public policy.

Important Dates

November 15, 1938Birth.

1960Obtained BS, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh (Pa.).

1964Obtained PhD in Physics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).

1964 – 1967Research Associate, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

1967 – presentActing Assistant Professor of Physics (1967); Assistant Professor of Physics (1967-1969); Associate Professor of Physics (1969-1973); Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Loomis Laboratory of Physics (1967-1973); Professor of Physics (1973-2006); Head, Department of Physics (1999-2006); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (2006-2016), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).

1974 – 2016Member, JASON Study Group.

July 7, 2016Death.

Occupation

High energy physicist.

Places

Undergraduate Education

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Graduate Education

Princeton (N.J.)

Employment

Urbana (Ill.)

Subjects

Arms control.

Atomic and molecular physics.

Atomic and molecular physics.

Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.

Public policy.

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Goldberger, Marvin L.

PhD advisor at Princeton University, "The Vacuum Regge Trajectory in Scalar-Vector Field Theory."

Colleagues

Almy, Gerald Marks, 1904-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Anderson, A. C. (Ansel Cochran), 1933-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Bardeen, John

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Baym, Gordon

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Campbell, David K.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Ceperley, David

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-

Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

Duke, Charles B.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Everhart, Thomas E.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Feibelman, Peter J.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Frauenfelder, Hans, 1922-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Ginsberg, Donald M.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Goldenfeld, Nigel

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Holt, R. J. (Roy J.)

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Jackson, John David, 1925-2016

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Kadanoff, Leo P.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Klein, Miles V., 1933-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Lazarus, David, 1921-

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Leggett, A. J. (Anthony J.)

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Massey, Walter E.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

McMillan, William L.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Pandharipande, V. R.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007

Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

Perl, Martin L., 1927-2014

Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

Richter, Burton, 1931-2018

Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

Simmons, Ralph Oliver

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Slichter, Charles P.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018

Both employed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

Van Harlingen, Dale J.

Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Institutions

Major Positions

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Research Associate.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics

Acting Assistant Professor of Physics; Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Loomis Laboratory of Physics; Professor of Physics; Department Head; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

Carnegie Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

Obtained BS (1960).

JASON Defense Advisory Group

Member, Study Group.

Princeton University. Department of Physics

Obtained PhD (1964).

Resources

Published Resources

Subject

In Memoriam: Jeremiah D. Sullivan