Andrew Sessler
- Born: December 11, 1928 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1949: BA, Harvard University
- 1951: MS, Columbia University
- 1953: PhD, Columbia University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1953–1954: Cornell University, NSF Fellow
- 1954–1961: Ohio State University, Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics
- 1961–1973: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Theoretical Physicist
- 1973–1980: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Director
- 1980–1994: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Theoretical Physicist
- 1994–2001: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Distinguished Senior Scientist
- 2001–2002: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Distinguished Guest Scientist
- 2002–present: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Distinguished Scientist Emeritus and Director Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1988–1991: Federation of American Scientists, Chair, Council
- 1998–1998: American Physical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1969–1972: Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1971–1973: Member, Committee on High Energy Physics, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1976–1978: Chair, Science Policy Board, Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University
- 1978–1981: Chair, Advanced Fuels Advisory Committee, Electric Power Research Institute
- 1979–1982: Member, Council, Federation of American Scientists
- 1980–1982: Chair, Isabelle Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1981–1985: Member, Review Committee, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
- 1984–1987: Member, Council, Committee of Concerned Scientists
- 1985–1991: Member, Council, Federation of American Scientists
- 1985–1986: Member, Study on Directed Energy Weapons, American Physical Society
- 1988–1988: Chair, Panel on Public Affairs, American Physical Society
- 1991–1993: Member, Committee on the Applications of Physics, American Physical Society
- 1991–1994: Member, Board of Trustees, Associated Universities, Inc.
- 1991–1996: Member, Science Policy Board, Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1990: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1997: American Physical Society, Robert R. Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators
Published Resources
William A. Barletta, ed., The Physics of Beams: Andrew Sessler Symposium (Woodbury, NY: AIP Press, 1996)
