Background
Price, Paul was born on November 8, 1932 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of the late Paul Buford and Eva (Dupuy) Price.
Price, Paul was born on November 8, 1932 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of the late Paul Buford and Eva (Dupuy) Price.
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Davidson College, 1954; Doctor of Science, Davidson College, 1973; Master of Science, University of Virginia, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1958.
Fulbright scholar, U. (England) Bristol, 1958-1959;
National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, Cambridge (England) University, 1959-1960;
physicist Research and Development Center, General Electric, Schenectady, 1960-1969;
visiting professor, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, 1965-1966;
Adjunct Professor physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967-1968;
professor physics, University of California, Berkeley, since 1969;
department chairman physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1991;
McAdams professor physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1990-1992;
dean physical science, University of California, Berkeley, since 1992;
director Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1985. Visiting committee Bartol Research Institute, 1991-1994. Advisory board Indian Institute Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1993-1995.
Consultant to lunar sample analysis planning team National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space science board National Academy Sciences. Visiting professor U. Rome, 1983, 92.
Science associate Center d'Etude Research Nuclear, 1984. Miller research professor University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1973. Researcher in space and astrophycs, nuclear physics.
Regional director California Alliance for Minority Participation, since 1993. Fellow American Physical Society, American Geophysical Union. Member National Academy Sciences (chairman geophysics section 1981-1984, secretary class physical-mathematics science 1985-1988, chairman 1988-1991). M C.
Married JoAnn Margaret Baum, June 28, 1958. Children— Paul Buford III, Heather Alynn, Pamela Margaret, Alison Gaynor.