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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectFrederick Reines
Dates
March 16, 1918 – August 26, 1998
Authorized Form of Name
Reines, Frederick, 1918-1998
Additional Forms of Names
Reines, F. (Frederick), 1918-1998
Biography
Abstract
Frederick Reines was Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics at University of California, Irvine (1988-1998). Other institutional affiliations included Case Institute of Technology and Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests include neutrinos. In 1995, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics "for the detection of the neutrino."
Important Dates
March 16, 1918Birth, Paterson (N.J.).
1939Obtained ME, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (N.J.).
1941Obtained MS, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken (N.J.).
1944Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics, New York University, New York (N.Y.).
1944 – 1959Staff Member and Group Leader (1944-1959) and Experiment Director, Operation Greenhouse, Eniwetok Atoll (1951), Los Alamos Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1949 – 1953Consultant, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project.
1950Consultant, RAND Corporation.
1957Fellow, American Physical Society.
1959 – 1966Professor of Physics (1959-1966); Head, Department of Physics (1959-1966); and Chair, Joint Research in High Energy Physics Program with Western Reserve University (1959-1966), Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland (Ohio).
1961 – 1964Member, Board of Trustees, Argonne Universities Association.
1963 – 1964Member, Electrophysics Advisory Committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1965 – 1969Consultant, Institute for Defense Analyses.
1965 – 1969Consultant, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
1966Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1966 – 1998Dean, Physical Sciences (1966-1974); Professor of Physics (1966-1987); Professor of Radiological Science, Medical School (1970-1998); Distinguished Professor of Physics (1987-1988); and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics (1988-1998), University of California, Irvine, Irvine (Calif.).
1979Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1980Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1983Awarded National Medal of Science.
1992Awarded W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
1995Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for the detection of the neutrino".
August 26, 1998Death, Orange (Calif.).
Occupation
Particle physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Cowden, Alisa K.
Daughter.
Reines, Gussie Cohen
Mother.
Reines, Israel
Father.
Reines, Robert G.
Son.
Samuels, Sylvia
Wife. Married in 1940.
Advisors & Collaborators
Present, Richard David, 1913-
PhD advisor at New York University, "Nuclear Fission and the Liquid Drop Model of the Nucleus."
Colleagues
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Laboratory, Manhattan Project.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Case Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Both employed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
Additional
Jenkins, Thomas Lewellyn
Welton, Theodore Allen, 1918-
Institutions
Major Positions
California College of Medicine
Professor of Radiological Science.
Case Institute of Technology
Professor of Physics; Head, Department of Physics; and Chair, Joint Research in High Energy Physics Program with Western Reserve University.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Staff Member; Group Leader, and Experiment Director, Operation Greenhouse, Eniwetok Atoll; and Consultant.
University of California, Irvine. Division of Physics and Engineering
Dean, Physical Sciences; Professor of Physics; Distinguished Professor of Physics; and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow.
Fellow and received 1992 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
Argonne Universities Association
Member, Board of Trustees.
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project (U.S.)
Consultant.
Institute for Defense Analyses
Consultant.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
New York University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Theoretical Physics (1944).
Rand Corporation
Consultant.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Obtained ME (1939) and MS (1941).
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Member, Electrophysics Advisory Committee.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Frederick Reines papers, 1956-1966.
Archives.
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7229, USA
Frederick Reines papers, circa 1954-1996.
University Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections.
University of California, Irvine.
P. O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557, USA
Manhattan Project videohistory collection [videorecording], 1987-1990.
Smithsonian Institution. Archives.
Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024-2520, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Proton decay and related matters [sound recording] / presented at the American Physical Society Spring Meeting; 1980 April 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Selected talks from the International Conference on the History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics [sound recording] / 1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Theodore Welton memories, circa 1984.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Thomas L. Jenkins papers, 1960-1966.
Archives.
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7229, USA
Published Resources
Author
Frederick Reines Nobel Prize Autobiography.
Subject
"Frederick Reines: 1918-1998", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences