Background
Dahl, Per Fridtjof was born on August 1, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Odd and Anna Augusta (Mathiesen) Dahl.
Dahl, Per Fridtjof was born on August 1, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Odd and Anna Augusta (Mathiesen) Dahl.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1956; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1960.
Research grantee Ford Foundation, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960-1962; project scientist, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Albuquerque, 1962-1963; assistant physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1963-1965; associate physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1965-1970; physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1970-1989; physicist, SSC Laboratory, Dallas, since 1989. Visiting scientist National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsuituba, Japan, 1974, SCC Center Design Group, Berkeley, California, 1986-1989.
With United States Army, 1949-1952. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, History of Science Society.
Married Eleanor Carman, October 15, 1966. Children: Erik Johan, Thomas Fridtjof.