Background
Kliewer, Kenneth Lee was born on December 31, 1935 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Henry Gerhard and Susan (Epp) Kliewer.
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Kliewer, Kenneth Lee was born on December 31, 1935 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Henry Gerhard and Susan (Epp) Kliewer.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1957. Microsoft Security Essentials.E., University Minnesota, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Illinois, 1964.
Assistant professor, associate professor, professor department physics, Iowa State University, Ames, 1963-1981;
associate physicist, physicist, senior physicist, Ames Laboratory-Department Energy, 1963-1981;
program director solid state physics, Ames Laboratory-Department Energy, 1974-1978;
associate director science and technical, Ames Laboratory-Department Energy, 1978-1981;
associate laboratory director for physical research, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1981-1986;
director advanced photon source design project, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1983-1986;
dean, School Science Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1986-1991;
assistant vice president for research, 1991-1992;
director center computational science, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, since 1992. Guest professor of University Hamburg and Deutsches Electronen Synchrotron (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), Federal Republic Germany, 1972-1973, Free U. Berlin, 1974, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, 1975. Visiting scientist Rockwell International Science Center, Thousand Oaks, California, 1976.
Temporary program officer Department Energy, Washington, 1979-1980. Consultant, Argonne National Laboratory. Member fusion policy advising committee Department Energy, 1990-1991.
Fellow American Physical Society (executive committee division condensed matter physics 1980-1982), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Kathleen Kay Zimmermann, August 30, 1959. Children– Steven Anthony, Lisa Jo, Christopher Lee.