Background
Thompson, Stanley Gerald was born on March 9, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Stanley Good and Bessie (Sims) Thompson.
Thompson, Stanley Gerald was born on March 9, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Stanley Good and Bessie (Sims) Thompson.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California at Los Angeles, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University California at Berkeley, 1948.
Chemist, Standard Oil Corporation California, Richmond, 1934-1942. Chemist metallurgical project University of Chicago, 1942-1944, DuPont-Hanford Engineer Works, Richland, Washington, 1944-1945, Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago, 1945-1946. Chemist Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 1946-1976.
Guggenheim fellow, 1955, 65.
Member American Chemical Society (award for nuclear applications in chemistry 1965), American Physical Society Codiscoverer berkelium and californium, 1950, einsteinium and fermium, 1954, mendelevium, 1955.
Married Alice Smith, November 27, 1938. Children: Ruth (Mistress Kenneth Lincoln), Joyce (Mistress Richard McClenney).