Background
Post, Richard Freeman was born on November 14, 1918 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Freeman and Miriam Jocelyn (Colcord) Post.
Post, Richard Freeman was born on November 14, 1918 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Freeman and Miriam Jocelyn (Colcord) Post.
Bachelor, Pomona College, 1940. Honorary Doctor of Science, Pomona College, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1951.
Graduate assistant, then instructor physics Pomona College, 1940-1942. Civilian physicist Naval Research Laboratory, 1942-1946. Research associate Stanford University, 1947-1950.
Research group leader controlled thermonuclear research University California Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 1951-1974, deputy associate director magnetic fusion energy, since 1974. Professor-in-residence University California, Davis/Livermore, since 1963.
Fellow American Physical Society (chairman plasma physics division, James Clerk Maxwell prize 1978), American Nuclear Society (Outstanding Achievement award controlled nuclear fusion division 1978).
Married Marylee Armstrong, August 7, 1946. Children– Stephen, Marjorie, Rodney.