Kenneth Bainbridge
- Born: July 27, 1904 (Cooperstown, Pennsylvania)
- Died: July 14, 1996 (Lexington, Massachusetts)
Education
- 1926: MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering)
- 1929: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1929–1931: Bartol Research Foundation, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1931–1933: Bartol Research Foundation, Bartol Research Foundation Fellow
- 1933–1934: Cambridge University, Guggenheim Fellow
- 1934–1946: Harvard University, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1946–1961: Harvard University, Professor of Physics
- 1961–1975: Harvard University, Leverett Professor of Physics
- 1975–1996: Harvard University, Emeritus Leverett Professor of Physics
Other Positions
- 1940–1943: MIT Radiation Laboratory, Division Leader and Member, Steering Committee
- 1943–1945: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Group Leader; Member, Steering Committee; and Director, Trinity Test
- 1953–1956: Harvard University, Chair, Department of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1991: Available Online
Published Resources
Robert V. Pound and Norman F. Ramsey, "Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge: 1904-1996", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Kenneth T. Bainbridge, "Prelude to Trinity," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists April (1975): 42-46.
Kenneth T. Bainbridge, "A Foul and Awesome Display," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists May (1975): 40-46.
