Edward Ginzton
- Born: December 27, 1915 (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Russian Empire)
- Died: August 13, 1998 (Stanford, California)
Education
- 1936: BS, University of California, Berkeley
- 1937: MS, University of California, Berkeley
- 1938: EE, Stanford University
- 1940: PhD, Stanford University
Major Positions
- 1940–1946: Sperry Gyroscope Company, Research Engineer
- 1946–1947: Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
- 1948–1959: Varian Associates, Inc., Member, Board of Directors
- 1959–1972: Varian Associates, Inc., Chief Executive Officer
- 1959–1984: Varian Associates, Inc., Chair, Board of Directors
- 1964–1968: Varian Associates, Inc., President
- 1984–1998: Varian Associates, Inc., Chair, Executive Committee
Other Positions
- 1947–1968: Stanford University, Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1949–1959: Stanford University, Director, Microwave Laboratory
- 1957–1960: Stanford University, Director, Project M (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1968–1972: Co-Chair, Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition
- 1970–1998: Member, Board of Directors, Mid-Peninsula Coalition Housing Development Corporation
- 1971–1974: Chair, Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions, National Academy of Sciences
- 1974–1980: Council Member, National Academy of Engineering
- 1975–1980: Co-Chair, Committee on Nuclear Energy Study, National Academy of Sciences
- 1982–1984: Member, Committee on Science and National Security, National Academy of Sciences
- 1985–1988: Chair, Committee on Lab Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research, National Academy of Sciences
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Stanford University, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford, California
Oral History Interviews
- 1984: Available Online
Published Resources
Anthony E. Siegman, "Edward Leonard Ginzton: 1915-1998", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
