Edward L. Ginzton

Dates

December 27, 1915 – August 13, 1998

Authorized Form of Name

Ginzton, Edward L. (Edward Leonard), 1915-1998

Additional Forms of Names

Ginzton, Edward Leonard, 1915-

Biography

Abstract

Edward L. Ginzton was Chair, Executive Committee, at Varian Associates, Inc. Other institutional affiliations included Stanford University and Sperry Gyroscope Company. His research interests included klystrons and microwaves.

Important Dates

December 27, 1915Birth, Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine).

1936Obtained BS, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1937Obtained MS, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1938Obtained EE, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).

1940Obtained PhD, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).

1940 – 1946Research Engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Garden City (N.Y.).

1946 – 1960Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering (1946-1947); Professor of Electrical Engineering (1947-1968); Director, Microwave Laboratory (1949-1959); and Director, Project M (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) (1957-1960), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).

1948 – 1998Member, Board of Directors (1948-1959); Chief Executive Officer (1959-1972); Chair, Board of Directors (1959-1984); President (1964-1968); and Chair, Executive Committee (1984-1998), Varian Associates, Inc, Palo Alto (Calif.).

1966Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1968 – 1972Co-Chair, Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition.

1970 – 1998Member, Board of Directors, Mid-Peninsula Coalition Housing Development Corporation.

1971 – 1988Chair, Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions (1971-1974); Co-Chair, Committee on Nuclear Energy Study (1975-1980); Member, Committee on Science and National Security (1982-1984); and Chair, Committee on Lab Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1985-1988), National Academy of Sciences.

1974 – 1980Council Member, National Academy of Engineering.

August 13, 1998Death, Stanford (Calif.).

Occupation

Applied physicist and electrical engineer.

Places

Subjects

Applied physics and engineering.

Electrical engineering.

Klystrons.

Microwaves.

Semiconductors.

Relationships

People

Family

Ginzton, Anne

Daughter.

Ginzton, Artemas A. McCann

Wife, married 1939.

Ginzton, David

Son.

Ginzton, Leonard

Son.

Ginzton, Nancy

Daughter.

Advisors & Collaborators

Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982

PhD advisor at Stanford University on stabilized negative impediances and both employed at Stanford University.

Colleagues

Chodorow, Marvin

Both employed at Stanford University.

Additional

deStaebler, Herbert C. (Herbert Conrad)

Nalos, Ervin Joseph, 1924-

Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007

Varian, Russell Harrison, 1898-1959

Varian, Sigurd Fergus, 1901-1961

Woodyard, John R., 1904-1981

Institutions

Major Positions

Sperry Rand Corporation. Sperry Gyroscope Division

Research Engineer.

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Director (Project M).

Stanford University. Department of Applied Physics

Assistant Professor of Applied Physics.

Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering

Obtained EE (1938) and PhD in Electrical Engineering (1940). Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Eelectrical Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Stanford University. Microwave Laboratory

Director.

Varian Associates

Member, Board of Directors; Chief Executive Officer; Chair, Board of Directors; President; and Chair, Executive Committee.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

National Academy of Engineering

Council Member.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member; Chair, Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions; Co-Chair, Committee on Nuclear Energy Study; Member, Committee on Science and National Security; and Chair, Committee on Lab Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research.

Stanford Mid-Peninsula Coalition Housing and Development Corporation

Member, Board of Directors.

Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition

Founder and Co-Chair.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Electrical Engineering

Obtained BS (1936) and MS (1937).