Background
Colgate, Stirling Auchincloss was born on November 14, 1925 in New York City. Son of Henry A. and Jeannette (Pruyn) Colgate.
Colgate, Stirling Auchincloss was born on November 14, 1925 in New York City. Son of Henry A. and Jeannette (Pruyn) Colgate.
Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cornell Univercity, 1952.
Physicist, Radiation Laboratory, University California, Berkeley, 1951-1952; physicist, Lawrence Livermore (California) Laboratory, 1952-1964; president, New Mexico Institute Mining and Technology, Socorro, 1964-1974; physicist, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1976.
Served with Merchant Marines, 1943-1946. Fellow American Physical Society. Member NAS, American Astronomical Society.
Married Rosemary B. Williamson, July12, 1947. Children; Henry A., Sarah, Arthur S.