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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectLawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Dates
1971 – 1981
Authorized Form of Name
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Additional Forms of Names
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
L.B.L.
LBL
University of California, Berkeley. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Institutional History
Abstract
Originally called the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, the name was changed in 1971 to Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. A high-energy physics laboratory, in 1995, the "Ernest O." portion of the name was officially dropped and it was designated a "national" laboratory.
Laboratory Directors
1971-73, Edwin McMillan.
1973-80, Andrew Sessler.
1980-89, David Shirley.
1989-95, Charles Shank.
Important Dates
1957 – 1995Frank Stephens was on staff.
1958 – 1995Richard Diamond was on staff.
1960 – 1995George Trilling was on staff.
1965 – 1967Yuan Tseh Lee was on staff.
1971Lawrence Radiation Laboratory's name was officially changed to Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory., Berkeley (Calif.).
1971 – 1973Edwin McMillan was on staff.
1971 – 1973J. David Bowman was on staff.
1971 – 1975John Clauser was on staff.
1971 – 1979Hermann Grunder was on staff.
1971 – 1994Arthur Rosenfeld was on staff.
1971 – 1995Andrew Sessler was on staff.
1971 – 1995Marvin Cohen was on staff.
1971 – 1995Arthur Poskanzer was on staff.
1971 – 1995John Clarke was on staff.
1972 – 1995Piermaria Oddone was on staff.
1973 – 1995David Nygren was on staff.
1974 – 1994Yuan Tseh Lee was on staff.
1975 – 1982Shoji Nagamiya was on staff.
1975 – 1989David Shirley was on staff.
1978 – 1981David Ceperley was on staff.
1980 – 1981Philip Bucksbaum was on staff.
1982 – 1995Claude Lyneis was on staff.
1983 – 1985Hermann Grunder was on staff.
1983 – 1987Persis Drell was on staff.
1983 – 1988Saul Perlmutter was on staff.
1988 – 1991Isadore Perlman was on staff.
1989 – 1990Lisa Randall was on staff.
1989 – 1995Charles Shank was on staff.
1994 – 1995Saul Perlmutter was on staff.
1994 – 1995Neville Smith was on staff.
1995Lawrence Berkeley was designated a national laboratory and became the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bergen (Norway).
Places
Headquarters
Subjects
Citations
Historical information from J. L. Heilbron and Robert W. Seidel, Lawrence and His Laboratory: A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989).
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Associate Director.
Faculty Scientist, Materials and Chemical Sciences Division.
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Member, Science Policy Committee, Advanced Light Source.
Research Fellow in Nuclear Chemistry.
Research Fellow.
Staff Scientist, National Resource for Computation in Chemistry.
Director, Materials Sciences Division and Director, Advanced Light Source.
Senior Faculty Scientist, Materials Sciences Division.
Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Senior Scientist.
Faculty Physicist.
Program Leader at Center for Advanced Materials; and Head of Material Chemistry.
Member, Senior Staff and Senior Scientist Emeritus.
Chair, Advisory Board, Particle Data Group.
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Faculty Senior Physicist.
Consultant.
Faculty Senior Scientist and Group Leader, Theory Division.
Group Leader.
Staff Scientist, Accelerator Division, Bevatron Development Group; Senior Staff Scientist, Accelerator Division, Group Leader, Super HILAC-Bevatron & Bevalac Operation & Development; and Deputy Director, General Science.
Senior Faculty Scientist.
Senior Faculty Scientist.
Jackson, John David, 1925-2016
Faculty Senior Scientist; Group Leader, Theoretical Physics; Associate Director and Head, Physics Division.
Faculty Senior Scientist.
Postdoctoral Fellow and Principal Investigator, Chemical Sciences Division.
Senior Faculty Scientist.
Staff Scientist, Director of Operations and Development, 88-inch Cylotron and Senior Physicist and Program Head, 88-inch Cyclotron.
McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-
Director.
Staff Scientist and Member, Visiting Committee.
Division Fellow and Senior Physicist.
Physicist, Physics Division; Staff Scientist, Physics Division; Senior Staff Scientist, Physics Division; Spokesman, Positron-Electron Project Collaboration; Director, Physics Division; and Deputy Director.
Member and Chair, Review Committee, Theoretical Division and Chair, Review Committee, Physical Biosciences Division.
Visiting Scientist.
Member of Staff; Researcher; and Associate Director and Head, Nuclear Chemistry Division.
Research Assistant in Astrophysics; Postdoctoral Researcher; and Staff Scientist and Group Leader.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Staff Senior Scientist.
Postdoctoral Fellow.
Director, Particle Data Group; Leader, Particle Physics Research Group A; Leader, Energy-Efficient Buildings Research Program; and Director, Center for Building Science.
Consultant.
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
Director, Nuclear Chemistry Division.
Sessler, A. M. (Andrew Marienhoff)
Theoretical Physicist and Director.
Director.
Physicist.
Associate Laboratory Director and Head, Materials and Molecular Research Division and Director.
Scientific Director, Advanced Light Source.
Research Physicist.
Stephens, F. S. (Frank Samuel)
Scientist to Senior Scientist and Distinguished Scientist.
Scientist; Member, Program Advisory Committee; and Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee.
Science Director, National Center for Electron Microscopy.
Staff Member and Director, Physics Division.
Staff Member.
Member, High Energy Visiting Committee.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Nuclear Science Division.
Associates & Members
Bragg, R. H. (Robert H.)
Brewer, Leo, 1919-2005
Cahn, Robert N.
Calvin, Melvin, 1911-1997
Chinowsky, William
Cooksey, Donald
Dettner, Anne deGruchy Low-Beer, 1905-
Hamilton, Joseph G. (Joseph Gilbert), 1907-
Hellwarth, Robert Willis, 1930-2021
Lofgren, Edward J., 1908-
Mortimer, Robert K.
Sloan, David Harold, 1905-
Tobias, Cornelius A.
Weart, Spencer R., 1942-
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
Renamed in 1971.
Collaborators
Sister program.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Multiple joint projects.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Primary patron of the Laboratory.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics
Lab was founded as part of the university and now managed and operated by the university while doing research for the United States Department of Energy.
Associates
American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics
Participated in the documentation of postwar science project and the study of multi-institutional collaborations.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
United States. Department of Energy
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
E632 collaboration meeting records, 1980-1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory historical photographs, 1944-1975.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory physics and engineering notes.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Gerson Goldhaber and Willie Chinowski laboratory notebooks.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Life Sciences Division technical records of Robert K. Mortimer, 1950-1999.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Office of the Director logbooks of Donald Cooksey, 1945-1980.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Office of the Director records of Edwin M. McMillan [microfilm], 1907-1991.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Office of the Director records of Edwin M. McMillan, 1907-1991.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
LBL Office of the Director records of Edwin M. McMillan, 1940-1973.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
LBL Physics Division Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) records of George Smoot, 1975-1995.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Physics Division Group A (Louis Alvarez Group) logbooks, 1961-1989.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Physics Division oversize scientific files of George Smoot, 1989.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Physics Division scientific papers of George Smoot, 1975-2007.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Physics Division technical documents of George Smoot, 1980-1995.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL time projection chamber detector records.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Luis Alvarez records, 1956-1988.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
Melvin Calvin records, 1950s-1985.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
Spencer Weart research material for his book, Nuclear Fear: A History of Images, 1957-1987.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
AIP Center for History of Physics Documentation of Postwar Science Project records, circa 1979-1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Atomic Energy Commission additions to records, 1945-1987.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
Fermilab History and Archives Project collection on Fermilab prehistory, 1948-1992 (bulk 1953-1979).
History and Archives Project Office, MS-109
Fermilab
PO Box 500, Batavia, IL 90510, USA
Gerson Goldhaber papers, 1949-1991.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Glenn T. Seaborg papers, 1866-1999 (bulk 1940-1998).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
http://history.aip.org/ead/20030131.html
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Nuclear Science Division 60-Inch Cyclotron Mechanical Design Group technical records, 1944-1988.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Nuclear Science Division scientist files of Glenn Seaborg, 1961-1975.
Pacific Sierra Region
National Archives and Records Administration
1000 Commodore Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA
LBL Office of the Director records of David A. Shirley, 1980-1987.
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
LBL Physics Division research and development files, 1953-1982 (bulk 1970-1978).
Archives and Records Office
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, Bldg. 69-107, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Leo Brewer papers, 1921-2004 (bulk 1939-2004).
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Office of Superconducting Super Collider records, 1970-1983.
Milton G. White History of Accelerators Room (WH-3SE) and Archives (WH-16NE)
Fermilab
PO Box 500, Batavia, IL 90510, USA
Oral history interview with Andrew M. Sessler, 1975.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with Anne deGruchy Low-Beer Dettner, 1994 and 1995.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with David H. Sloan.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with Edwin M. McMillan, 1972 June 1, 2, and October 30, 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Melvin Calvin, 1974, 1978. Chemistry and chemical biodynamics at Berkeley, 1937-1980.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Cahn, 2007 August.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert H. Bragg, 2002 June-August.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Oral history interviews with Cornelius A. Tobias, 1979-2000.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert Hellwarth correspondence and reports regarding the early history of the laser research program at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 1962-1972.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
SLAC Director's Office records of Burton Richter, 1974-[ongoing].
National Accelerator Laboratory. Archives and History Office
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
SLAC Experimental Program Advisory Committee records, 1967-[ongoing].
National Accelerator Laboratory. Archives and History Office
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
SLAC Research Division Group C leader's files, 1962-1979.
National Accelerator Laboratory. Archives and History Office
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
The Atom and Eve, circa 1995.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission records (Record Group 326), 1923-1975.
Office of the National Archives
National Archives and Records Administration
8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408, USA
Working with Luis Alvarez (1911-1988) [sound recording], 2011 May 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
[Proceedings of the] 1974 PEP summer study / LBL/SLAC / [Editors, J. Kadyk ... et al.]
A guide to experimental particle physics literature, 1991-1996 / V.V. Ezhela ... [et al.].