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Published as SubjectEdward A. Knapp
Dates
March 7, 1932 – August 17, 2009
Authorized Form of Name
Knapp, Edward A.
Additional Forms of Names
Knapp, Edward Alan
Biography
Abstract
Edward A. Knapp was President at the Santa Fe Institute (1991-1995). Other institutional affiliations included Universities Research Association and the National Science Foundation. His research interests included particle accelerators and mesons.
Important Dates
March 7, 1932Birth, Salem (Or.).
1954Obtained BA, Pomona College, Claremont (Calif.).
1958Obtained PhD (Physics), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1959 – 2009Group Leader (1959-1968); Assistant Division Leader (1968-1972); Assistant Leader, Medium Energy Physics Division (1972-1976); Alternate Leader, Physics Division (1976-1977); Leader, Accelerator Technology Division (1978-1982); and Senior Fellow (1982-2009), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1982 – 1984Director, National Science Foundation.
1985 – 1989President, Universities Research Association.
1991 – 1995President, Santa Fe Institute.
August 17, 2009Death, Santa Fe (N.M.).
Occupation
High energy physicist.
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Colleagues
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at 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.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at 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.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 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.
Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-
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.
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.
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.
Institutions
Major Positions
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Leader, Accelerator Technology Division and Senior Fellow.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Group Leader; Assistant Division Leader; Assistant Leader, Medium Energy Physics Division; Alternate Leader, Physics Division; Leader, Accelerator Technology Division.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Director.
Santa Fe Institute (Santa Fe, N.M.)
President.
Universities Research Association (U.S.)
President.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained BA (1954).
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1958).