Michael Danos

Background

Danos, Michael was born on January 10, 1922 in Riga, Latvia. Son of Arpad and Olga (Viksne) Danos. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1957.

Education

Student, University Riga, 1941-1944; student, University Dresden, Germany, 1944-1945; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, U. Hannover, Germany, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Heidelberg, Germany, 1950.

Career

Junior assistant, U. Dresden, 1944-1945; assistant, U. Hannover, U. Heidelberg, 1948-1952; research associate, Columbia University, New York City, 1952-1954; physicist, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1954. Member Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 1990. Visiting professor, scientist U. Maryland., College Park, Duke U., Purdue University, U. Arizona, Tucson, Centre d'EtudesNucleaires Saclay, France, Copenhagen U., Denmark, Centre Europeen des Recherches Nucleaires, Switzerland, Heidelberg U., Freiburg U., Germany, Frankfurt U., Germany, Erlangen U., Germany, Bonn U., Germany, U. Melbourne, Australia, U. Cape Town, South Africa, Joint Institute Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute, Moscow, Institute Nuclear Investigations, Academy Sciences, Moscow, Budker Institute, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Achievements

• Michael Danos has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Victoria Nieroda (divorced). Children: Johanna, Tamara, Arpad. Married Sheila Fitzpatrick, November 25, 1991.

Father:

Arpad Danos

Mother:

Olga (Viksne) Danos

Spouse:

Victoria Nieroda

Spouse:

Sheila Fitzpatrick

child:

Tamara Danos

child:

Arpad Danos

child:

Johanna Danos