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Archival as AuthorGeorge A. Keyworth
Dates
November 30, 1939 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-
Additional Forms of Names
Keyworth, G. A., 1939-
Keyworth, George A., 1939-
Keyworth, Jay, 1939-
Biography
Abstract
George A. Keyworth II was Director of Technology and Computer Peripherals Hewlett-Packard Company (1986-2006). Other institutional affiliations include the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests included nuclear weapons and condensed matter.
Important Dates
November 30, 1939Birth, Boston (Mass.).
1963Obtained BS, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1968Research Associate, Duke University.
1968Obtained PhD in Physics, Duke University, Durham (N.C.).
1968 – 1981Researcher (1968-1974); Group Leader (1974-1978); Leader, Physics Division (1978-1980); and Leader, Laser Fusion Division (1980-1981), Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1981 – 1985Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Director and Science Adviser to the President.
1986 – 2006Director of Technology and Computer Peripherals, Hewlett-Packard Company.
1986 – presentKeyworth Company, Chair, Board of Directors.
1995 – presentProgress & Freedom Foundation, Senior Fellow and Chair, Board of Directors.
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Robertson, R. G. Hamish, 1943-
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Duke University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1968). Research Associate.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Director of Technology and Computer Peripherals.
Keyworth Company
Chair, Board of Directors.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Leader, Laser Fusion Division.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Researcher; Group Leader; Leader, Physics Division; and Leader, Lased Fusion Division.
United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
Director and Science Adviser to the President.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Progress & Freedom Foundation (U.S.)
Senior Fellow and Chair, Board of Directors.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained BS (1963).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with George Keyworth II, 1983 July 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA