Edwin McMillan
- Born: September 18, 1907 (Redondo Beach, California)
- Died: September 7, 1991 (El Cerrito, California)
Education
- 1928: BS, California Institute of Technology
- 1929: MS, California Institute of Technology
- 1932: PhD, Princeton University
Major Positions
- 1932–1934: University of California, Berkeley, National Research Fellow
- 1934–1935: University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate
- 1935–1936: University of California, Berkeley, Instructor in Physics
- 1936–1941: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1941–1946: University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1946–1973: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
- 1958–1973: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Director
- 1973–1991: University of California, Berkeley, Emeritus Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1934–1954: University of California, Berkeley, Researcher, Radiation Laboratory
- 1940–1941: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Researcher
- 1941–1942: United States Navy, Researcher, Navy Radio and Sound Laboratory
- 1942–1943: Manhattan Project, Project Y (Berkeley), Planning Staff Member
- 1943–1944: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, Proving Ground Group
- 1944–1944: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Deputy Leader for the Gun Program, Ordnance and Engineering Division
- 1944–1944: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, Magnetic Method Group
- 1954–1958: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Associate Director, Radiation Laboratory
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1954–1958: Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1959–1969: Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation
- 1960–1966: Member, Commission on High Energy Physics, International Union for Pure and Applied Physics
- 1962–1966: Member, Science Policy Committee, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
- 1967–1969: Member, Physics Advisory Committee, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- 1968–1971: Chair, Class I, National Academy of Sciences
- 1969–1974: Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association, Inc.
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1947: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1951: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1990: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Sierra Region, San Bruno, California
Oral History Interviews
- 1964: Columbia University, Oral History Research Office
- 1972: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
J. David Jackson and W. K. H. Panofsky, "Edwin Mattison McMillan: 1907-1991", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
