Burton Richter
- Born: March 22, 1931 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1952: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1956: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1956–1960: Stanford University, Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory
- 1960–1963: Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1963–1967: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Associate Professor
- 1967–present: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Professor
- 1982–1984: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Technical Director
- 1984–1999: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Director
Other Positions
- 1980–1999: Stanford University, Paul Pigott Professor of Physical Science
- 1994–1994: American Physical Society, President
- 1999–2002: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, President
- 1999–present: Stanford University, Paul Pigott Professor of Physical Science Emeritus
- 1999–present: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Emeritus Director
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1989–2002: Member, Board of Directors, Varian Medical Systems
- 2000–2006: Member, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy
- 2002–2005: Member, Executive Board, International Council for Science (ICSU)
- 2003–2006: Chair, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Research Council
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1976: Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1977: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1989: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 2010: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award
Archival Resources
SLAC Archives and History Office, Menlo Park, California
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Burton Richter, "The Rise of Colliding Beams," in The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s, ed. Lillian Hoddeson, Laurie Brown, Michael Riordan, and Max Dresden (New York: Cambridge University Press: 1997), 261-284
