John Robert Rees

Background

Rees, John Robert was born on February 17, 1930 in Peru, Indiana, United States. Son of Alton Edwin and Mary Katherine (Morse) Rees.

Education

AB, Indiana U., 1951; Master of Science, Indiana U., 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1956.

Career

Research fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1965; chief accelerator branch high energy physics program, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1967-1969; member of staff, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Palo Alto, California, 1965-1975; director, Positron-Electron Project, Palo Alto, 1975-1980; professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, since 1980; associate director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Palo Alto, 1980-1993; project manager, associate director, Superconducting Super Collider, Dallas, 1991-1993.

Achievements

• John Robert Rees has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Marian Janet Heimert, January 28, 1956. Children: Carol Ellen, John Alton.

Father:

Alton Edwin Rees

Mother:

Mary Katherine (Morse) Rees

Spouse:

Marian Janet Heimert

child:

John Alton Rees

child:

Carol Ellen Rees