Background
Nash, Edward Thomas was born on July 31, 1943 in New York City. Son of Edward Thomas and Lili Maria Nash.
Nash, Edward Thomas was born on July 31, 1943 in New York City. Son of Edward Thomas and Lili Maria Nash.
AB, Princeton University, 1965; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1970.
Research associate, Nevis laboratories, Columbia University, Irvington, New York, 1970;
research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1972;
associate scientist, then scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, since 1972;
deputy department chairman physics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, 1979-1983;
head advanced computer program, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, 1983-1989;
head computing division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, 1989-1993;
associate director for technical, information planning, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, since 1994. Member research briefing panel on computer architectures NAS, 1984, assoc.dir. scientific technical and laboratory information. Chairman organizing committee Symposium on Recent Devels. in Computing, Processor and Software Research for High-Energy Physics, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1984.
Member international advising committee Computing in High Energy Physics Conference, Asilomar, California, 1987, Oxford, England, 1989, Santa Fe, 1990, Tsukuba City, Japan, 1991, Annecy, France, 1992, Rio de Janeiro, 1995, science advising committee Conference on Impact Digital Microelectronics and Microprocessors on Particle Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1988. Member computing/networking review panel Illinois Technology Challenge Grant Program, State of Illinois, 1990. Science and technical advising committee OfficeNon-Proliferation and National Security unites states department Energy.
Researcher in field.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member Sigma Xi.
Married Jessie Madeleine Berry, June 9, 1970.