Burton Richter
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Paul Pigott Professor in the Physical Sciences Emeritus, Stanford University
Former Director, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Education
- B.S. — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1952
- Ph.D. — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1956
Employment
- Stanford University 1956—2006
- Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory, 1956—1960
- Assistant Professor, Physics Department, 1960—1963
- Associate Professor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,1963—1967 Professor, 1967-2006; Professor emeritus, 2006—present
- Technical Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 1982—1984; Director, 1984—1999
- Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, 2005—present
