Background
May, Michael M. was born on December 23, 1925 in Marseille, France.
May, Michael M. was born on December 23, 1925 in Marseille, France.
Bachelor in Physics and Mathematics, Whitman College, 1944. Doctor of Science (honorary), Whitman College, 1976. Postgraduate, University Washington, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University California, Berkeley, 1952.
Teaching and research assistant University California, 1950-1952. Member staff, group leader, alternate division leader University California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, 1952-1957. Vice president E.H. Plesset Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, 1957-1960.
With University California Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1960-1988, division leader B. division nuclear device design, 1961-1962, associate director nuclear design, 1962-1964, director, 1965-1971, associate director-at-large, 1972-1988, director emeritus, since 1989. Research professor Stanford (California) University, since 1991, co-director Center for International Security and Cooperation, since 1993, senior fellow Institute for International Studies, since 1997. Lecturer department applied science University California-Davis, Livermore, 1963-1965, 71, 73.
Technical representative Threshold Test Ban Treaty Negotiating Team, Moscow, 1974. Member United States delegation Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, 1974-1976. Adjunct professor University California, San Diego, since 1987.
Faculty fellow Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford, since 1992. Member in residence Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University, 1989-1995. Member Secretary of Energy advisory board United States Department Energy, 1990-1992.
Member new ballistic missiles defense technical study advisory panel Office Technology Assessment, 1984-1985. Associate Center for International and Strategic Affairs University of California at Los Angeles, since 1983. Member academy advisory board Rand Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, since 1973.
Executive committee board trustees Rand Corporation, 1974-1993, trustee, 1972-1982, 83-93. Member general advisory committee Energy Research and Development Administration, 1975-1977. Member general advisory committee Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-1975.
Member Defense Science Board, 1971-1978, senior consultant. Member science working groups United States Air Force, 1956-1963, Department Defense, 1969-1970, National Security Council, 1974-1977.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (member committee on science, arms control and national security 1987-1990), American Physical Society. Member National Academy of Sciences (committee on international security and arms control 1985-1995), Council Foreign Relations, Pacific Council International Policy, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.