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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectG. H. Vineyard
Dates
April 28, 1920 – February 21, 1987
Authorized Form of Name
Vineyard, G. H.
Additional Forms of Names
Vineyard, G. H., 1920-1987
Vineyard, George Hoagland, 1920-1987
Biography
Abstract
George Vineyard was Senior Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1982-1987). Other institutional affiliations included University of Missouri. His research interests included the theory of liquids, the determination of structures of liquids and solids by scattering of various particles, and general solid-state physics.
Important Dates
April 28, 1920Birth, Saint Joseph (Mo.).
1941Obtained BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1942 – 1945Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Radiation Laboratory.
1943Obtained PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1946 – 1954Assistant Professor of Physics (1946-1948); Associate Professor of Physics (1948-1952); and Professor of Physics (1952-1954), University of Missouri, Columbia (Mo.).
1954 – 1987Physicist to Senior Physicist (1954-1961); Chair, Department of Physics (1961-1966); Associate Director (1966-1967); Deputy Director (1967-1972); Director (1973-1981); and Senior Physicist (1982-1987), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1965Member, Solid State Science Committee, National Research Council.
1968 – 1971Member, Mathematical and Physical Science Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation.
1972 – 1973Chair, Division of Solid State Physics, American Physical Society.
1975 – 1979At-Large Member, Council, American Physical Society.
1982Visiting Scientist, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1982 – 1983Visiting Scholar, Harvard University.
1983 – 1987Senior Editor, Physical Review Letters.
1986Vice President, American Physical Society.
February 21, 1987Death, Stony Brook (N.Y.).
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976
PhD advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Colleagues
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.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
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.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Additional
Blewett, John P. (John Paul), 1910-
Needell, Allan A.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Physicist to Senior Physicist; Chair, Department of Physics; Associate Director; Deputy Director; Director; and Senior Physicist.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory
Researcher.
University of Missouri--Columbia. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Senior Editor, Physical Review Letters; Chair, Division of Solid State Physics; At-Large Member, Council; and Vice President.
Harvard University. Department of Physics
Visiting Scholar.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1941) and PhD (1943).
National Research Council (U.S.)
Member, Solid State Science Committee.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Member, Mathematical and Physical Science Advisory Committee.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Visiting Scientist.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
John P. Blewett papers, 1821-2000 (bulk 1940-1995).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Allan A. Needell research records, 1944-1981.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Brookhaven National Laboratory archives, 1946-1989.
Research Library.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973, USA.