Herbert York
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Herbert Frank York (24 November 1921 – 19 May 2009) was an American nuclear physicist of Mohawk origin. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes.
Biography
Herbert York was born to a family of
Berkeley Radiation Laboratory and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, working alongside Frank Oppenheimer as part of the Manhattan Project. After a brief stint as an assistant professor of physics at his doctoral alma mater in 1951, he was selected by Ernest Lawrence to serve as the inaugural director of the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch
(1952–1958).
Upon leaving Livermore, he held important positions in government for the remainder of the
William J. Broad of The New York Times, prompting his lifelong advocacy as a member of the anti-nuclear movement.[6]
He was the founding chancellor of the
Comprehensive Test Ban negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland (1979–1981); as part of this role, he was the chief U.S. negotiator in the unsuccessful effort to impose a comprehensive U.S.-Soviet nuclear test ban.[7]
York was director emeritus of the
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at UC San Diego and served as chairman of the university's Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee, which oversees activities at both Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories. He also served on the board of the Council for a Livable World, a nonpartisan arms control
organization in Washington, D.C. York occasionally guest lectured for UC San Diego and other institutions.
York died 19 May 2009 in San Diego at age 87.[8]
Publications
- Race to Oblivion (Simon & Schuster, 1970)[9]
- Arms Control (Readings from Scientific American (W.H. Freeman, 1973)
- The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller and the Superbomb (W.H. Freeman, 1976), a book that Hans Bethe regarded as containing a highly accurate treatment of the "Russian H-bomb" test of 1953.[10]
- Autobiography (1978). "Race to Oblivion: A Participant's View of the Arms Race". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to Geneva (Harper & Row, 1987)
- A Shield in Space? Technology, Politics and the Strategic Defense Initiative (U.C. Press, 1988, with Sanford Lakoff)
- Arms and the Physicist (American Physical Society, 1994)
References
- ^ "S&TR | September 2009: Herbert F. York (1921-2009), A Life of Firsts, an Ambassador for Peace". Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ http://www.edge.org/conversation/nsa-the-decision-problem. The Decision Problem
- ^ Obituary of Herbert Frank York - website of Physics Today
- ^ "Biographies: Herbert York (b. 1921 d. May 19, 2009)". The Atomic Archive. National Science Digital Library. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Manhattan Project: People > Scientists > HERBERT YORK". www.osti.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Tiersten, Sylvia (January 2009). "Herbert F. York, UC San Diego's first Chancellor". @UCSD.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Grimes, William (May 25, 2009). "Herbert York, 87, Top Nuclear Physicist Who Was Arms Control Advocate, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ http://www.learnworld.com/ZNW/LWText.York.Race.Access.html Race to Oblivion
- ^ Comments on The History of the H-Bomb LA-UR-82-5215
External links
- Annotated Bibliography for Herbert York from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
- Interview: Conversations with History: Reminiscences from a Career in Science, National Security, and the University, with Herbert F. York
- Herbert F. York Papers MSS 107. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
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