Edward Alan Knapp

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Edward Alan Knapp (born March 7, 1932 in Salem , Oregon , † August 17, 2009 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American physicist who worked in the field of particle physics . From 1982 to 1984 he was director of the National Science Foundation .

Life

Knapp studied until 1954 at Pomona College in Claremont , California, with a bachelor's degree. He then went to the University of California, Berkeley , where he received his doctorate in 1958 with an experimental work on the photogeneration of pions . He worked in the field of particle physics throughout his research career. In 1959 he moved to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), where he held various positions until 2009. From 1962 he played a key role in the planning and construction of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF), especially in the design and construction of the linear accelerator-Section. In 1976 he founded the accelerator technology department at LANL, which he took over as head.

In 1982 he became Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a short time before being named Director of NSF in late 1982. He held this post until mid-1984. From 1986 to 1989 he was President of the Universities Research Association and from 1991 to 1995 President of the Santa Fe Institute .

Knapp became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1972 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1984 .

literature

  • LM Simmons: Edward Alan Knapp (obituary) . In: Physics Today . tape 63 , no. 2 , 2010, p. 57-58 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.3326995 .

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personal data
SURNAME Alright, Edward Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and director of the National Science Foundation
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 2009
Place of death Santa Fe , New Mexico