Herbert York
- Born: November 25, 1921 (Rochester, New York)
- Died: May 19, 2009 (San Diego, California)
Education
- 1942: AB, University of Rochester
- 1949: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1942–1943: University of Rochester, Assistant in Physics
- 1943–1954: University of California, Berkeley, Physicist, Radiation Laboratory
- 1951–1954: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1952–1958: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Director
- 1954–1958: University of California, Berkeley, Associate Director, Radiation Laboratory
- 1958–1958: United States Department of Defense, Chief Scientist, Advanced Research Projects Agency
- 1958–1961: United States Department of Defense, Director, Defense Research and Engineering
- 1961–1964: University of California, San Diego, Chancellor
- 1965–1988: University of California, San Diego, Professor of Physics
- 1969–1970: University of California, San Diego, Dean, Graduate Studies
- 1970–1972: University of California, San Diego, Acting Chancellor
- 1979–1981: United States Department of State, United States Ambassador, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Talks
- 1983–1988: University of California, Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
- 1989–2009: University of California, San Diego, Emeritus Professor of Physics and Director Emeritus, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Other Positions
- 1957–1958: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1964–1967: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1953–1957: Member, Science Advisory Board, United States Air Force
- 1956–1958: Member, Science Advisory Panel, United States Army
- 1962–1969: Member, General Committee for Arms Control and Disarmament, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- 1977–1981: Senior Consultant to the Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense
- 1978–1981: Member, Defense Science Board
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
University of California at San Diego, Geisel Library, Mandeville Special Collections Library, La Jolla, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1975: University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library; and American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- 1978: University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
- 1980: Available Online
- 1986: Available Online
- 2008: Available Online
Published Resources
Herbert F. York, Making Weapons, Talking Peace: A Physicist's Odyssey from Hiroshima to Geneva (New York: Basic Books, 1987)
