Edward Condon
- Born: March 2, 1902 (Alamogordo, New Mexico)
- Died: March 26, 1974 (Bolder, Colorado)
Education
- 1924: AB, University of California, Berkeley
- 1926: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1926–1927: University of Göttingen and University of Munich, International Education Board Fellow
- 1928–1929: Princeton University, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1929–1930: University of Minnesota, Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1930–1937: Princeton University, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1937–1945: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Associate Director, Research Laboratories
- 1945–1951: National Bureau of Standards, Director
- 1951–1954: Corning Glass Works, Researcher
- 1956–1963: Washington University, St. Louis, Wayman Crow Professor of Physics
- 1963–1970: University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor and Fellow, Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics (JILA)
- 1963–1970: National Bureau of Standards and University of Colorado, Boulder, Fellow, Joint Institute Laboratory for Astrophysics (JILA)
- 1970–1974: University of Colorado, Boulder, Professor Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1946–1946: American Physical Society, President
- 1953–1953: American Association for the Advancement of Science, President
- 1957–1968: Reviews of Modern Physics, Editor
- 1964–1964: American Association of Physics Teachers, President
- 1968–1969: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1941–1942: Member, Section on Uranium, Office of Scientific Research and Development
- 1945–1946: Science Advisor, Special Senate Committee on Atomic Energy, United States Congress
- 1970–1974: Chair, National Committee for Sane Nuclear Policy
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
Edward Condon Papers, American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Online Finding Aid
Edward Condon Papers (1960s), University of Colorado Libraries, Western Historical Collections, Boulder, Colorado
Edward Condon Collection on UFOs, American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oral History Interviews
- 1973: Available Online
Published Resources
Philip M. Morse, "Edward Uhler Condon: 1902-1974", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Philip J. Klass, "The Condon UFO Study: A Trick or a Conspiracy?," Skeptical Inquirer 10 (1986): 328-341
Jessica Wang, "Security, Science, and the Cold War: The Case of E. U. Condon," Isis 83 (1992): 238-269
Thomas C. Lassman, "Government Science in Postwar America: Henry A. Wallace, Edward U. Condon, and the Transformation of the National Bureau of Standards, 1945-1951," Isis 96 (2005): 25-51
Michael A. Day, "E. U. Condon: Science, Religion, and the Politics of World Peace," Physics in Perspective 10 (2008): 4-55
