Background
RICHTER, Burton was born on March 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Abraham and Fannie (Pollack) Richter.
RICHTER, Burton was born on March 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Abraham and Fannie (Pollack) Richter.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
Assistant Professor, Stanford University 1959-1963, Association Professor 1963-1967, Professor since 1967. Worked at Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre since 1963, Technology Director 1982-1984, Director since 1984. Secretariat up a group which built a high energy electron positron machine (SPEAR) and has continued to develop new accelerator and detector techniques including most recently the SLAC linear collider.
Full Professor, Stanford University since 1967, Paul Pigott Professor, of Physical Science 1980.
Sabbatical year at European Organization for Nuclear Research (European Organization of Nuclear Research), Geneva 76. Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University 1974, De Shalit Lecturer, Weizmann Institute 1975.
Group building first electron storage ring and conducting a colliding beam experiment extending validity of quantum electrodynamics. North.A.S. 1976, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Married Laurose Becker, July 1, 1960. Children: Elizabeth, Matthew.