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Published as SubjectRoger Elwood Batzel
Dates
December 1, 1921 – July 29, 2000
Authorized Form of Name
Batzel, Roger Elwood
Biography
Abstract
Roger Batzel was a nuclear chemist and Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research interests pertained to high-energy nuclear reactions.
Important Dates
December 1, 1921Birth, Weiser (Idaho).
1947Obtained BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow (Idaho).
1947 – 1948Chemist, Hanford Atomic Products Operation, General Electric Company.
1951Obtained PhD in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1951 – 1953Senior Chemist, California Research and Development Corporation (now Rand Corporation).
1953 – 2000Assistant Division Leader, Chemistry Department (1953-1959); Head, Chemistry Department (1959-1961); Associate Director, Chemistry (1961-1966); Director, Chemistry and Space Reactors (1966-1968); Associate Director, Chemistry and Biomedical Research (1969-1971); Director (1971-1988); and Director Emeritus (1989-2000), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore (Calif.).
July 29, 2000Death, San Ramon (Calif.).
Occupation
Nuclear chemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Batzel, Edwina Grindstaff
Wife.
Colleagues
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
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.
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Hanford Atomic Products Operation
Chemist.
Director.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Director and Director Emeritus.
Assistant Division Leader, Chemistry Division; Head, Chemistry Division; Associate Director, Chemistry; Director, Chemistry and Space Reactors; and Associate Director, Chemistry and Biomedical Research (Livermore campus).
Rand Corporation
Senior Chemist.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry
Obtained PhD in 1951.
University of Idaho. Department of Chemical Engineering
Obtained BS in 1947.