Milton S. Livingston
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| Milton Stanley Livingston | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 25, 1905 Brodhead, Wisconsin |
| Died | August 25, 1986 (aged 81) |
| Fields | Physics (accelerator physics) |
| Institutions | UC Berkeley, Cornell University, MIT, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Lawrence[1] |
| Known for | participance in cyclotron and strong focusing development |
| Influences | Hans Bethe, Philip M. Morse[1] |
| Notable awards | Enrico Fermi Award (1986) |
| Spouse | Lois Robinson, Margaret Hughes[1] |
Milton Stanley Livingston (May 25, 1905 – August 25, 1986) was an American accelerator physicist, a notable co-inventor of the cyclotron (together with Ernest Lawrence)[2] and co-discoverer (with Ernest Courant and Hartland Snyder) of the strong focusing principle, which allowed development of modern large-scale particle accelerators.[3]
Livingston was the chairman of the Accelerator Project at Brookhaven National Laboratory,[4] director of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator,[5] a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a professor of physics at MIT,[4] and a recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award from the United States Department of Energy.[1][4]
Milton Stanley Livingston died on August 25, 1986 from complications of prostate cancer.[1]
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Awards and Distinctions [edit]
- honorary degrees from Dartmouth College (1963), Hamburg, Germany (1967), and Pomona College (1971).
- elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1970)
- Enrico Fermi Award from United States Department of Energy (1986)
Education and Career [edit]
- 1905: born in Brodhead, Wisconsin
- 1926: AB, Pomona College
- 1928: MA, Dartmouth College
- 1931: PhD, University of California, Berkeley
- 1931–1934: University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate
- 1934–1938: Cornell University, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1938–1970: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1946–1948: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Chair, Accelerator Project
- 1970–1986: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Emeritus Professor of Physics
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e Courant, E. D. (1997). "Milton Stanley Livingston". Biographical Memoirs (National Academies Press) 72.
- ^ Ernest Lawrence and M. Stanley Livingston (University of California, Berkeley)
- ^ Courant, E. D.; Livingston, M. S.; Snyder, H. S. (1952). "The Strong-Focusing Synchrotron—A New High Energy Accelerator". Physical Review 88 (5): 1190–1196. Bibcode:1952PhRv...88.1190C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.88.1190.
- ^ a b c Array of Contemporary Physicists: M. Stanley Livingston
- ^ "Livingston, Milton Stanley." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Encyclopedia.com.
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- (May 3, 1970) "Science academy adds 50 members; Election in Capital Honors Research Achievements", New York Times
