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Burton Richter, Director Emeritus

Education

• B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1952
• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1956

Employment

• Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, 1956-1960
• Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Stanford University, 1960-1963
• Associate Professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, 1963-1967
• Professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, 1967-present
• Technical Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, 1982-1984
• Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, 1984-1999

Honors and Awards

• Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University, 1974
• DeShalit Lecturer, Weizmann Institute, 1975
• E.O. Lawrence Medal (DOE), 1976
• Nobel Prize in Physics, 1976
• National Academy of Sciences, 1977
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow), 1989
• Astor Visiting Lecturer, Oxford University, 2000
• Laurea Honoris Causa in Fisica, Universita di Pisa, 2001
• American Philosophical Society, 2003

Professional Societies

• American Physical Society (Fellow; President, 1994)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)

Present Committees, Consultantships, and Directorships

• Member of the JASON Group — Mitre Corporation
• Member of the Board of Directors — Varian Medical Systems 1989-2002
• Member of the Board of Directors — Litel Instruments, Inc. 1990-
• Member of the Board of Directors — AREVA Enterprises, Inc. (USA) 2003-
• Honorary Member of the Board of Regents — The Mercersburg Academy
• President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) — 1999-2002
• Member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) 2000-2006
• Member of the Executive Board — International Council for Science (ICSU) - 2002-2005
• Member of Le Haut-Commissaire à l'Energie Atomique Visiting Committee (CEA)
• Chair, NERAC Sub-Committee on the Advanced Nuclear Transformation Technology (formerly Accelerator Transmutation of Nuclear Waste) — DOE
• PCAST Review Panel; National Climate Change Assessment
• Member of the Board on Physics and Astronomy (Chair, 2003-2006 )
• National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences (NRC/NAS)
• Senior Fellow by Courtesy, Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford Institute for International Studies

Open Publications

• Over 300 publications in high-energy physics, accelerators, and colliding beam systems.
• See Publications listed in SPIRES

Personal Data

Married to Laurose
Children: Elizabeth and Matthew