Henry Kendall
- Born: December 9, 1926 (Boston, Massachusetts)
- Died: February 15, 1999 (Wakulla Springs State Park, Florida)
Education
- 1950: BA, Amherst College
- 1955: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Nuclear Physics)
Major Positions
- 1956–1957: Stanford University, Research Associate, High Energy Laboratory
- 1957–1958: Stanford University, Lecturer in Physics
- 1958–1961: Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1961–1967: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1967–1991: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1991–1999: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, J. A. Stratton Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1975–1999: Union of Concerned Scientists, Chair
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1960–1973: Member, JASON study group
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1989: American Physical Society, W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics
- 1990: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1992: National Academy of Sciences, Member
Oral History Interviews
- 1986: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
James D. Bjorken, Jerome I. Friedman, Kurt Gottfried, and Richard B. Taylor, "Henry Way Kendall: 1926-1999", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
