STATISTICS:
Born, September 20, 1936, Austin, Texas
Married, four children

PRESENT POSITION:
Chairman, Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, 1998-
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, 1997-
Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1971-
and Technology Assessment Officer, 1996-

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
California Institute of Technology: Associate Professor of Physics, 1967-71
Assistant Professor of Physics, 1965-67
Research Fellow in Physics, 1961-63,1964-65
Yale University: Assistant Professor of Physics, 1963-64
Rice University: Research Fellow in Physics, 1961
Schlumberger-Doll Research: Vice President & Director of Research, 1987-89

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Applications of nuclear and ion beam physics to problems in materials science,
geochemistry, and technology.

EDUCATION:
B.A. in Physics, Rice Institute, 1958
M.A. in Physics, Rice Institute, 1960
Ph.D. in Physics, Rice Institute, 1961

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS and AWARDS:
American Physical Society (Fellow)
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Phi Alpha
Sigma Xi Award for Masters Thesis (Rice Institute, 1960)
H. A. Wilson Award for Ph.D. Thesis (Rice University, 1961)
ASCIT Teaching Awards: 1982-83; 1986-87
Navas Prize, 1984
Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 1994
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Uppsala University, 1997
Distinguished Alumnus, Rice University, 1998

FELLOWSHIPS & PROFESSORSHIPS:
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physics 1961-62
Visiting Professor, Australian National University, February, 1968
Visiting Professor, University of Washington, August, 1969
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship in Physics, 1971-73
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis, 1984
Alexander von Humboldt Award, 1983-84
Visiting Professor, Universitˇ of Paris (Sud), 1993-95

ABBREVIATED LIST of COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Member of the U.S. Nuclear Physics Delegation to the Peoples Republic of
China, May 19-June 10, 1979
Vice PresidentÕs Space Policy Advisory Board, 1992
Consultant, National Science Foundation, 1972
Study Group on Reaction Accidents, American Physics Society, 1983-84
Boards of Directors, Schlumberger Foundation and
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, 1987-89
Editorial Board, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS B, 1993-1998
Program Committee, Division of Nuclear Physics, 1971-73