Background
Cool, Rodney Lee was born on March 8, 1920 in Platte, South Dakota, United States. Son of George E. and Muriel (Post) Cool.
Cool, Rodney Lee was born on March 8, 1920 in Platte, South Dakota, United States. Son of George E. and Muriel (Post) Cool.
Bachelor of Science, University South Dakota, 1942. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1949.
Research physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Long Island, New York, 1949-1959;
deputy chairman high energy physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1960-1964;
assistant director high energy physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1964-1966;
associate director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1966-1970;
secretary high energy advising committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1960-1967;
chairman, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1967-1970;
professor experimental high energy physics, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1970-1988. Member policy committee Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1962-1967, 76-80. Member Associate Universities High Energy Panel, Associate Universities, Inc., 1963-1970.
Member Walker panel, commission on science public policy National Academy Science, 1964. Member Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator Science Committee, 1966-1968. Member high energy physics advisory panel Atomic Energy Commission, 1967-1970.
Chairman physics advising committee National Accelerator Laboratory, 1967-1970. Member of advisory panel for physics National Science Foundation, 1970-1973. Science associate European Center Nuclear Research, 1973-1988.
Trustee Universities Research Association, 1977-1983. Member review committee Argonne Universities Association, 1978-1980.
Served to major, Signal Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (program consultant division particles and fields 1968-1970). Member National Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret E. MacMillan, June 21, 1949. Children: Ellen, John, Mary Lee, Adrienne.