Norris Bradbury
- Born: May 30, 1909 (Santa Barbara, California)
- Died: August 27, 1997 (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
Education
- 1929: AB, Pomona College
- 1932: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physics and Mathematics)
Major Positions
- 1932–1934: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Research Fellow in Physics
- 1934–1945: Stanford University, Assistant Professor to Professor of Physics
- 1945–1970: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Director
Other Positions
- 1941–1944: United States Navy, Officer, Dahlgren Proving Ground, Virginia
- 1944–1945: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Leader, Implosion Research and Assembly Groups
- 1945–1951: Stanford University, Professor of Physics
- 1951–1971: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1951: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1970: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Enrico Fermi Award
Published Resources
Harold M. Agnew and Raemer E. Schreiber, "Norris E. Bradbury: 1909-1997", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
