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Published as AuthorPublished as SubjectNorman Rostoker
Dates
August 16, 1925 – December 25, 2014
Authorized Form of Name
Rostoker, Norman
Additional Forms of Names
Rostoker, Norman, 1925-2014
Biography
Abstract
Norman Rostoker was Professor Emeritus of Physics at University of California, Irvine (2007-2014). Other institutional affiliations included Cornell University, General Atomics, University of California, San Diego, Armour Research Foundation, and Carnegie Institute of Technology. His research interests included plasma physics, intense ion beam propagation, plasma accelerators, and clean nuclear fusion energy.
Important Dates
August 16, 1925Birth, Toronto (Ont.).
1946Obtained BASc, University of Toronto, Toronto (Ont.).
1947Obtained MA, University of Toronto, Toronto (Ont.).
1948 – 1953Research Physicist, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1950Obtained DSc in Physics, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1953 – 1956Supervisor of Theoretical Physics, Armour Research Foundation.
1956 – 1967Research Staff Member (1956-1965) and Manager, Fusion and Plasma Physics Projects (1965-1967), General Atomics, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
1962 – 1965Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego.
1967 – 1973International Business Machines (IBM) Professor of Engineering (1967-1973) and Chair, Department of Applied Physics (1967-1970), Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1973 – 2014Professor of Physics (1973-2007); Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy (1973-1976); and Professor Emeritus of Physics (2007-2014), University of California, Irvine, Irvine (Calif.).
1988Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
December 25, 2014Death, Irvine (Calif.).
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Forton, Ruth
Daughter.
Rostoker, Helen Corinne
Wife.
Rostoker, Linda
Daughter.
Rostoker, Stephen
Son.
Uchizono, Rachel
Daughter.
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at General Atomics and Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at General Atomics.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Kerst, Donald William, 1911-1993
Both employed at General Atomics.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology and University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at General Atomics.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
O'Neil, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1940-
Both employed at General Atomics.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at General Atomics and University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Both employed at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Institutions
Major Positions
Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)
Supervisor of Theoretical Physics.
Carnegie Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1950). Research Physicist.
Cornell University. College of Engineering
IBM Professor of Engineering and Chair, Department of Applied Physics.
GA (Series) (San Diego, Calif.)
Research Staff Member and Manager, Fusion and Plasma Physics Projects.
University of California, Irvine. Division of Physics and Engineering
Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy; and Professor Emeritus of Physics.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1988 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
University of Toronto. Department of Physics
Obtained BASc (1946) and MA (1947).