Wolfgang "Pief" Panofsky
- Born: April 24, 1919 (Berlin, Germany)
- Died: September 24, 2007 (Los Altos, California)
Education
- 1938: AB, Princeton University
- 1942: PhD, California Institute of Technology (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1942–1945: California Institute of Technology, Director, OSRD Research Project
- 1945–1946: University of California, Berkeley, Physicist, Radiation Laboratory
- 1946–1948: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1948–1951: University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1951–1963: Stanford University, Professor of Physics
- 1961–1984: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Director
- 1963–1989: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Professor
- 1984–2007: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Director Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1943–1945: Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Laboratory, Consultant
- 1953–1961: Stanford University, Director, High Energy Physics Laboratory
- 1961–1964: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1974–1974: American Physical Society, President
- 1989–2007: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Emeritus Professor
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1945–1960: Consultant, Division of Military Applications, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1951–1951: Consultant, Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
- 1954–1958: Member, Physics Panel, National Science Foundation
- 1955–1957: Member, Scientific Advisory Board, United States Air Force
- 1958–1958: Consultant, Stanford Research Institute
- 1958–1960: Member, High Energy Commission, International Union of Pure and Applied Science
- 1958–1960: Member, Review Committee, Particle Accelerator Division and High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- 1958–1962: Consultant, Advanced Research Projects Agency, United States Department of Defense
- 1963–1966: Member, Physics Survey Committee, National Academy of Sciences
- 1965–1973: Consultant, Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President
- 1965–1973: Member, Steering Committee, JASON study group
- 1965–2007: Member, JASON study group
- 1967–1970: Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1968–1972: Member, Advisory Committee, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- 1969–1970: Co-Chair, Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition
- 1977–1978: Member, Nuclear Energy Policy Study, Ford Foundation
- 1977–1980: Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association
- 1978–1980: Member, General Advisory Committee to the President, The White House
- 1980–2007: Member, United States-People's Republic of China Joint committee for Cooperation on High Energy Physics
- 1981–2005: Member, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences
- 1984–1993: Chair, Board of Overseers, Superconducting Super Collider
- 1985–1993: Chair, Commission on Particles and Fields, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
- 1985–1993: Chair, Senior Advisors, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences
- 1987–1992: Member, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China, National Academy of Sciences
- 2005–2007: Senior Advisor, Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1954: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1969: National Medal of Science
- 1978: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award
Archival Resources
SLAC Archives and History Office, Menlo Park, California
Oral History Interviews
- 1973: Available Online
- 1997: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
Sidney D. Drell and George H. Trilling, "Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky: 1919-2007", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, Panofsky on Physics, Politics, and Peace: Pief Remembers (New York: Springer, 2007)
John David Jackson, "Panofsky Agonistes: The 1950 Loyalty Oath at Berkeley," Physics Today 62 (2009): 41-47
