Background
Allen, Matthew Arnold was born on April 27, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of William Wolff and Clara (Bloch) Allen. came to the United States, 1955.
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Matthew Arnold Allen
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Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Edinburgh, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Stanford University, 1959.
Career
Research associate, Hansen laboratories, Stanford (California) U., 1959-1961;
research manager tube division, Microwave Associations, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1961-1965;
radio frequency group leader, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1965-1982;
head accelerator physics department, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1982-1984;
head klystron microwave department, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1984-1990;
assistant director for electrical and electronic systems, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1989-1990;
associate director laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, since 1990. Consultant Microwave Associations Inc., 1965-1971, Aerojet General, Azusa, California, 1959-1962, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1965-1967. Member technical review committee Synchotron Radiation Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan, since 1985.
Chairman United States of America Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991.
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Commissioner Environmental Planning Commission, Mountain View, California, 1971-1974. Councilman Mountain View City Council, 1974-1982. Mayor City of Mountain View, 1977, 81.
President Mountain View Community television, 1989. Lieutenant British Army, 1953-1955. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (administrative committee 1978-1984, 98-), Democratic Club (board directors 1980-1984), Sigma Xi.
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Married Marcia Harriet Katzman, September 15, 1957. Children: Bruce William, Peter Jonathan, David Michael.
