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Published as SubjectJohn P. McTague
Dates
November 28, 1938 – June 7, 2013
Authorized Form of Name
McTague, John P.
Biography
Abstract
John McTague was Vice President of Laboratory Management, University of California (2001-2002). Other institutional affiliations include Ford Motor Company, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and University of California, Los Angeles. His research on dynamics and interactions in condensed matter included the first demonstrations of collision-induced light scattering, of hexatic ordering in two-dimensional systems, and of collective dynamics in monolayer films.
Important Dates
November 28, 1938Birth, Jersey City (N.J.).
1960Obtained BS in Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington (D.C.).
1964 – 1970Member, Technical Staff, North American Aviation, Inc.
1965Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry, Brown University, Providence (R.I.).
1970 – 1982Assistant to Associate Professor of Chemistry (1970-1974); Member, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (1970-1982); and Professor of Chemistry (1974-1982), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1982 – 1983Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University.
1982 – 1983Director, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1983 – 1986Deputy Director (1983-1985) and Acting Director (1986), Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.
1986 – 1999Vice President, Research (1986-1990) and Vice President, Technical Affairs (1990-1999), Ford Motor Company, Dearborn (Mich.).
1994 – 1999Chair, Board of Overseers, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
1996 – 1999Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1998Awarded George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society.
2001 – 2002Vice President, Laboratory Management, University of California.
June 7, 2013Death, Montecito (Calif.).
Occupation
Physical chemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Bregenzer, Catherine
Daughter.
McCreary, Margaret
Daughter.
McTague, Kevin
Son.
Reilly, Carole Frances
Wife.
Sandoval, Maureen
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.
Keyworth, George A., II, 1939-
Both employed at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Director, National Synchrotron Light Source.
Columbia University. Department of Chemistry
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry.
Ford Motor Company
Vice President, Research and Vice President, Technical Affairs.
North American Aviation
Member, Technical Staff.
United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
Deputy Director and Acting Director.
University of California
Vice President, Laboratory Management.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Assistant to Associate Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1998 George E. Pake Prize.
Brown University. Department of Chemistry
Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry (1965).
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Chair, Board of Overseers.
Georgetown University
Obtained BS in Chemistry (1960).
University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.
Member.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Member, Advisory Board.