Rodney Cool
- Born: March 8, 1920 (Platte, South Dakota)
- Died: April 16, 1988 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1942: BA, University of South Dakota
- 1949: PhD, Harvard University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1949–1959: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Research Physicist
- 1960–1964: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Chair, Department of High Energy Physics
- 1964–1970: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Associate Director
- 1970–1988: Rockefeller University, Professor of Experimental High Energy Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1962–1967: Member, Policy Committee, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
- 1967–1970: Chair, High Energy Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1967–1970: Chair, Physics Advisory Committee, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 1970–1973: Member, Advisory Panel on Physics, National Science Foundation
- 1976–1980: Member, Policy Committee, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
- 1977–1983: Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association
- 1978–1981: Member, Review Committee, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1981–1984: Member, High Energy Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Rockefeller Archive Center, North Tarrytown, New York
Published Resources
Robert K. Adair, "Rodney Lee Cool: 1920-1988", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
