Background
Griffin, James Joseph was born on October 20, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James Joseph and Nellie (Nunan) Griffin.
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James Joseph Griffin
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Bachelor of Science, Villanova U., 1952; Master of Science, Princeton University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1956.
Career
Fulbright scholar, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 1955-1956;
theoretical physicist, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1956-1965;
visiting lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1965-1966;
assistant professor physics, U. Maryland., College Park, 1966-1968;
associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1968-1973;
professor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1973;
senior investigator theoretical nuclear physics group, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1968;
research professor Institute Physical Sciences and Technology, U. Maryland., College Park, 1981-1982. A. von Humboldt United States senior scientist Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, 1975-1976, U. Giessen, Germany, 1975-1976. Consultant, visiting scientist Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley (California) Laboratory, Brookhaven (New York) National Laboratory, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory.
Visiting scientist Institute AtomicEnergy, Beijing, Weizman Institute, Rehovot, Israel, gesellschaft f. Schwerionen Forschung, Darmstadt, Germany Science Nucleaire, Grenoble, France, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Orsay, France, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaire, Saclay, France, Centre d'Etude Nucleaire, Bordeaux, France, also others. Distinguished visiting lecturer U. Toronto, 1978.
Distinguished guest lecturer, China, 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society (international travel grantee 1992).
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Married Mary Dolores Cornely, July 9, 1955. Children: Kevin, Michael, Sean, Terence, Sheilagh.
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American