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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsC. Paul Robinson
Dates
October 9, 1941 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Robinson, C. Paul
Additional Forms of Names
Robinson, Charles Paul
Biography
Abstract
Paul Robinson was Laboratories Director and President, Sandia Corporation at Sandia National Laboratories (1995-2005). Other institutional affiliations include Ebasco Services Inc. and Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests include laser isotope separation research including work on uranium enrichment, laser spectroscopy, laser induced chemistry and tunable lasers. He also worked in weapons physics and arms control issues.
Important Dates
October 9, 1941Birth, Detroit (Mich.).
1963Obtained BS, Christian Brothers College, Memphis (Tenn.).
1967Obtained PhD in Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee (Fla.).
1967 – 1985Staff Member (1967-1970); Research Physicist, Advanced Concepts Groups (1970-1971); Alternate Group Leader, Chemical Laser Research and Development, Advanced Concepts Group (1971-1973); Director, Laser Isotope Separation Project, Advanced Concepts Groups (1973-1976); Leader, Applied Photochemistry Division (1976-1980); and Associate Director, National Security Programs (1980-1985), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos (N.M.).
1985 – 1988Senior Vice President, Ebasco Services, Inc.
1988 – 1990Chief Negotiator and Head, United States Delegation, US-USSR Nuclear Testing Talks, Geneva.
1990 – 2005Staff Member (1990-1995) and Laboratories Director and President, Sandia Corporation (1995-2005), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (N.M.).
1998Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2003Awarded George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Chemical 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 National 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.
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 and Los Alamos National 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.
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
Ebasco Services Incorporated
Senior Vice President.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Associate Director, National Security Programs.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Staff Member; Research Physicist, Advanced Concepts Groups; Alternate Group Leader, Chemical Laser Research and Development, Advanced Concepts Groups; Director, Laser Isotope Separation Project, Advanced Concepts Groups; Leader, Applied Photochemistry Division; and Associate Director, National Security Programs.
Sandia National Laboratories
Staff Member and Laboratories Director and President, Sandia Corporation.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 2003 George E. Pake Prize.
Christian Brothers College (Memphis, Tenn.)
Obtained BS (1963).
Florida State University
Obtained PhD in Physics (1967).
National Academy of Engineering
Member.