William Happer
- Born: July 27, 1939 (Vellore, India)
Education
- 1960: BS, University of North Carolina
- 1964: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1964–1965: Columbia University, Research Physicist
- 1965–1980: Columbia University, Instructor to Professor, Radiation Laboratory
- 1980–1991: Princeton University, Professor of Physics
- 1991–1993: United States Department of Energy, Director, Office of Energy Research
- 1993–1995: Princeton University, Professor of Physics
- 1995–2003: Princeton University, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
- 2003–present: Princeton University, Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1971–1978: Columbia University, Director, Columbia Radiation Laboratory
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1976–present: Member, JASON study group
- 1987–1990: Chair, Steering Committee, JASON study group
- 1987–present: Member, Board of Trustees, MITRE Corporation
- 1995–2005: Chair, University Research Board, Princeton University
- 2002–2005: Member, Science and Technology Advisory Committee, United States Department of Homeland Security
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1996: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1997: American Physical Society, Herbert P. Broida Prize
- 2000: American Physical Society, Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
