Background
Richards, Paul Linford was born on June 4, 1934 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Lorenzo Adolph and Zilla (Linford) Richards.
Richards, Paul Linford was born on June 4, 1934 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Lorenzo Adolph and Zilla (Linford) Richards.
AB, Harvard University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1960.
Postdoctoral fellow, U. Cambridge (England), 1959-1960;
member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1960-1966;
professor physics, University of California, Berkeley, since 1966. Faculty senior scientist Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, since 1966. Advisor National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1975-1992, Conductus Inc., Mountain View, California, since 1988.
Honorary professor Miller Institute Research in Physical Sciences, Berkeley, 1969-1970, 87-88. Visiting professor Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1984, 92. Visiting astronomer Paris Observatory, 1984.
Fellow NAS, American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Audrey Jarratt, August 24, 1965. Children: Elizabeth Anne, Mary-Annual.