Background
Gibson, Benjamin Franklin was born on September 3, 1938 in Madisonville, Texas, United States. Son of Mitchell Osler and Christine (Bennett) Gibson.
Gibson, Benjamin Franklin was born on September 3, 1938 in Madisonville, Texas, United States. Son of Mitchell Osler and Christine (Bennett) Gibson.
Bachelor, Rice U., 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1966.
Postdoctoral fellow, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1966-1968;
research associate, National Academy Science, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1968-1970;
research associate, CUNY, Brooklyn, 1970-1972;
group leader, T-5, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1982-1986;
staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1972;
detailee, Department of Energy Division Nuclear Physics, 1980-1981. Program advising committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bates Electron Accelerator, Boston, 1985-1989, 98-. Member subatomic physics grant selection committee Canada Natural Sciences andEngring.
Research Council, 1994-1996, theory review panel National Science Foundation, 1997, 98.
Fellow American Physical Society, Few-Body Sys. Topical Group (vice chairman 1990-1992, chairman 1992-1993, division nuclear physics secretary-treasurer since 1995).
Married Margaret Alice Ferguson, July 20, 1968. Children: James M., Michael W., Stuart W.