John D. Anderson

Biography

Abstract

John D. Anderson is a nuclear physicist, who works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Important Dates

December 10, 1930Birth, Jamestown (N.Y.).

1951Obtained BA, San Diego State College, San Diego (Calif.).

1953Obtained MA in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1956Obtained PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1956 – presentPhysicist (1956-1970); Deputy Division Leader (1970-1973); Division Leader (1973-1976); Deputy Head (1976-1978); Assistant Director to Director, Physics (1978-1991); and Laboratory Associate (1991-present), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore (Calif.).

1972Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.

Occupation

Nuclear physicist.

Places

Birth

Jamestown (N.Y.)

Undergraduate Education

San Diego (Calif.)

Graduate Education

Berkeley (Calif.)

Employment

Livermore (Calif.)

Subjects

Fast neutrons.

Nuclear physics.

Nuclear reactions.

Polarized beams (Nuclear physics).

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003

PhD advisor at University of California, Berkeley, "Production of neutral photopions as a function of atomic weight."

Colleagues

Alder, B. J.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

Anastasio, Michael R.

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Batzel, Roger Elwood

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Brown, Harold, 1927-2019

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Browne, John C.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

Ceperley, David

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Foster, John S., 1922-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Furth, H. P.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Holdren, John P.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

Kruer, William L.

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Laughlin, Robert B.

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Lindl, John

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

May, Michael M., 1925-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

McKee, Christopher, 1942-

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Miller, George H. (physicist)

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Nuckolls, John Hopkin

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Post, Richard F.

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Riess, Adam, 1969-

Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Tarter, C. Bruce

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.

Institutions

Major Positions

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

Deputy Division Leader; Division Leader; Deputy Head; and Assistant Director to Director, Physics.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Assistant Director to Director, Physics and Laboratory Associate.

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

Physicist and Deputy Division Leader (Livermore campus).

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Awarded 1972 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.

San Diego State College

Obtained BA (1951).

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

Obtained MA (1953) and PhD in Physics (1956).

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