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Published as SubjectLowell M. Bollinger
Dates
April 28, 1923 – September 25, 2014
Authorized Form of Name
Bollinger, Lowell M., Lowell Moyer
Additional Forms of Names
Bollinger, Lowell M.
Biography
Abstract
Lowell Bollinger was a nuclear physicist, who spent the majority of his career at Argonne National Laboratory. He developed an instrument to study the properties of atomic nuclei and he was the director of Argonne’s Physics Division for over a decade (1963-1974).
Important Dates
April 28, 1923Birth, Greene County (Va.).
1943Obtained BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin (Ohio).
1943 – 1946Physicist, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
1951Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1951 – 1992Physicist (1951-present); Director, Physics Division (1963-1974); and Director, Superconducting Linear Accelerator Project (1971-1992), Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont (Ill.).
1986Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
September 25, 2014Death, Harpswell Center (Me.).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Advisor at Cornell University.
Colleagues
Abrikosov, A. A. (Alekseĭ Alekseevich)
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Macdonald, J. Ross (James Ross), 1923-
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Zinn, Walter H. (Walter Henry), 1906-2000
Both employed at Argonne National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Physicist; Director, Physics Division; and Director, Superconducting Linear Accelerator Project.
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Physicist.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Received 1986 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1951.
Oberlin College. Department of Physics
Obtained BA in 1943.