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Edward Ginzton | |
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| Born | (1915-12-27)December 27, 1915 |
| Died | August 13, 1998(1998-08-13) (aged 82) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley;Stanford University |
| Awards | IEEE Medal of Honor(1969) |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
Edward Leonard Ginzton (December 27, 1915 – August 13, 1998) was aUkrainian-Americanengineer.
Ginzton completed hisB.S. (1936) andM.S. (1937) inElectrical Engineering at theUniversity of California, Berkeley,[1] and hisPh.D. in electrical engineering fromStanford University in 1941.[2]
As a student at Stanford University, Ginzton worked withWilliam Hansen and brothersRussell and Sigurd Varian. In 1941 he became a member of the Varian–Hansen group at the Sperry Gyroscope Company.[3]
Ginzton was appointed assistant professor inphysics at Stanford University in 1945[2] and remained on the faculty until 1961.[4]
In 1949, Ginzton andMarvin Chodorow developed the 1 BeV 220-foot accelerator at Stanford University. After completion of the 1 BeV accelerator, Ginzton became director of the Microwave Laboratory, which was later renamed theGinzton Laboratory.[5]
Ginzton, along with Russell and Sigurd Varian, was one of the original board members ofVarian Associates, founded in 1948.[4] The nine initial directors of the company were Ginzton, Russell, Sigurd, and Dorothy Varian,H. Myrl Stearns, Stanford University faculty membersWilliam Webster Hansen, andLeonard I. Schiff, legal counselRichard M. Leonard, and patent attorneyPaul B. Hunter.[6]
Ginzton became CEO and chairman of Varian Associates after Russell Varian died of a heart attack and Sigurd Varian died in a plane crash.[7]
Ginzton was awarded theIEEE Medal of Honor in 1969 for "his outstanding contributions in advancing the technology of high powerklystrons and their application, especially to linear particle accelerators."
Ginzton was a member of theNational Academy of Engineering and in theNational Academy of Sciences.
Ginzton's biography is available online.[8]
Ginzton was born in Ukraine[9] and lived inChina before moving toCalifornia in 1929.[10]
On June 16, 1939, Ginzton and Artemas Alma McCann (1913–2000) married. Artemas was the daughter of James Arthur and Alma (Hawes) McCann. The Ginztons had four children: Anne Ginzton Cottrell (1942), Leonard Edward Ginzton (1943), Nancy Hader Ginzton (1946), and David Edward Ginzton (1948).
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