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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectRodney L. Cool
Dates
March 8, 1920 – April 16, 1988
Authorized Form of Name
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Additional Forms of Names
Cool, Rodney Lee
Biography
Abstract
Physicist on the staff of Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1949; Department Chair of High Energy Physics (1960-1964), Assistant Director (1964-1966), Associate Director from 1966. Cool established an experimental physics group at Rockefeller University in 1970 to plan experiments conducted at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN), where he also did research. In later years, he investigated the detailed properties of the strong force that binds together quarks.
Important Dates
March 8, 1920Birth, Platte (S.D.).
1942Obtained BA, University of South Dakota, Vermillion (S.D.).
1949Obtained PhD in Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1949 – 1970Research Physicist (1949-1959); Chair, Department of High Energy Physics (1960-1964); Associate Director (1964-1970); and Chair, High Energy Advisory Committee (1967-1970), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1962 – 1967Member, Policy Committee, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
1967 – 1970Chair, Physics Advisory Committee, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
1970 – 1973Member, Advisory Panel on Physics, National Science Foundation.
1970 – 1988Professor of Experimental High Energy Physics, Rockefeller University, New York (N.Y.).
1972Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1976 – 1980Member, Policy Committee, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).
1977 – 1983Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association.
1978 – 1981Member, Review Committee, Argonne National Laboratory.
1981 – 1984Member, High Energy Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
April 16, 1988Death, New York (N.Y.).
Occupation
High energy physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Cool, Adrienne Margaret
Daughter.
Cool, George Edwin
Father.
Cool, Harriet Jane
Sister.
Cool, John Post
Son.
Cool, Muriel Post
Mother.
Cool-Dole, Margaret MacMillin
Wife.
Gupta, Mary Lee
Daughter.
Kwait, Ellen Cool
Daughter.
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Research Physicist; Chair, Department of High Energy Physics; Associate Director; and Member and Chair, High Energy Advisory Committee.
Rockefeller University
Professor of Experimental High Energy Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Member, Review Committee.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Chair, Physics Advisory Committee.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1949.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Member, Advisory Panel on Physics.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Member, Policy Committee.
Universities Research Association (U.S.)
Member, Board of Trustees.
University of South Dakota
Obtained BA in 1942.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Rodney Lee Cool papers, 1948-1988.
Rockefeller Archive Center
15 Dayton Ave., Pocantico Hills, North Tarrytown, NY 10591-1598, USA
Subject
Brookhaven Associate Director for High Energy and Nuclear Physics records, 1960-[ongoing].
BNL Bldg. 510-A. Office of the Associate Director for High Energy and Nuclear Physics
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, Long Island, NY 11973, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Rodney Lee Cool: 1920-1988, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences