Background
GARWIN, Richard was born on April 19, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert and Leona S. Garwin.
GARWIN, Richard was born on April 19, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert and Leona S. Garwin.
Bachelor of Science, Case Western U., 1947; Doctor of Science (honorary), Case Western U., 1966; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1949.
Instructor to assistant professor physics, University of Chicago, 1949-1952;
physicist, T.J. Watson Center International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1952-1965;
director applied research, T.J. Watson Center International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1965-1966;
laboratory director, T.J. Watson Center International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1966-1967;
fellow, T.J. Watson Center International Business Machines Corporation, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1967-1993;
fellow emeritus, since 1993. Consultant Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1950-1993, Sandia National Laboratory, since 1994. Member committee President's Science Advisory Committee, 1962-1965, 69-72, consultant, 1958-1962.
Adjunct Professor physics Columbia University, since 1957. Professor public policy Harvard University, Cambridge, 1979-1981, visiting professor applied physics, 1974.
Staff, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Laboratory, Columbia University 1952-1965, 1966-1970. Defense Science Board 1966-1969. President's Science Advisory Committee 1962-1966, 1969-1972.
International Business Machines Corporation Corporate Technology Committee 1970-1971.
Council on Foreign Relations. National Academy, of Sciences, Institute of Medicine 1975-1981, National Academy, of Engineering since 1978, American Philosophical Society since 1979.
Married Lois East. Levy in 1947.