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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectAlvin Tollestrup
Dates
March 22, 1924 – February 9, 2020
Authorized Form of Name
Tollestrup, Alvin
Biography
Abstract
Alvin Tollestrup is Physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (1977-present). Other institutional affiliations include California Institute of Technology. His research interests include the design and operation of colliding beam detectors and the design and construction of superconducting magnets.
Important Dates
March 22, 1924Birth, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1944Obtained BS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah).
1950Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1950 – 1977Research Fellow in Physics (1950-1953) and Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics (1953-1977), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1957 – 1958National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
1977 – presentPhysicist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia (Ill.).
1989Awarded Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators, American Physical Society.
1996Member, National Academy of Sciences.
February 9, 2020Death, Warrenville (Ill.).
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Advisor at California Institute of Technology and both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
PhD advisor at California Institute of Technology, "Precision determination of the energy released in nuclear reactions in the light elements," and both employed at California Institute of Technology.
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.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
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.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
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.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Robertson, H. P. (Howard Percy), 1903-1961
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.
Teukolsky, Saul A. (Saul Arno), 1947-
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 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Additional
Whaling, Ward, 1923-
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained PhD in Physics (1950). Research Fellow in Physics and Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Physicist.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1989 Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators.
European Organization for Nuclear Research
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Utah. Department of Physics & Astronomy
Obtained BS (1944).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with Alvin Virgil Tollestrup, 1994.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interviews with members of Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF), 1995.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Selected talks from the International Conference on the History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics [sound recording] / 1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Leon Lederman retirement symposium [videorecording].
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Barry C. Barish, 1998 May-June.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Ward Whaling, 1999 April-May.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA