Herbert F. York
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American
arms control advocate
human
nuclear physicist
physicist
science administrator
university administrator
Herbert F. York was an American physicist and arms control advocate who became the first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a prominent advisor on nuclear policy and disarmament.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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arms control advocate ⓘ human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ science administrator ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Enrico Fermi Award
NERFINISHED
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Leo Szilard Lectureship Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-11-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-05-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Berkeley
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University of Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
arms control
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nuclear physics ⓘ physics ⓘ science policy ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advising U.S. government on science and defense policy
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advocacy of nuclear arms control ⓘ leadership at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ participation in nuclear test ban negotiations ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
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JASON Defense Advisory Group NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arms and the Physicist
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Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist’s Odyssey from Hiroshima to Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ Race to Oblivion: A Participant’s View of the Arms Race NERFINISHED ⓘ The Advisors: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Superbomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rochester, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | La Jolla, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
U.S. ambassador to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations
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chancellor of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ chief scientist of the Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ director of Defense Research and Engineering ⓘ director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ first director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ⓘ founding chancellor of the University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
La Jolla, California
NERFINISHED
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Livermore, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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