Walter Eugene Massey ( Walter Eugene Massey ; genus. April 5, 1938, Hattiesburg, Mississippi) - American scientist, physicist and administrator, higher education worker, teacher, theoretical physicist, specialist in quantum fluids and solids. Member of the American Philosophical Society (1991) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ph.D. (1966). In 1991-1993 Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). In 2010—2016 President of the . In 1995—2007 President of (today emeritus). He was also a provost and senior vice president of the system at the University of California (1993–1995), vice president of the University of Chicago (1983–1991), director of the Argonne National Laboratory (1979–1984). Most of all, in duration, is associated with the University of Chicago. As director, NSF contributed to the approval of funding for it - the largest to date - LIGO (most of the astronomical community then opposed this project). President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989).
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Biography
He graduated from (Bachelor of Physics and Mathematics, 1958). At the University of Washington in St. Louis, received a master's and Ph.D. in physics (1966). In 1966-68 at the Argonne National Laboratory. In 1969-1970 Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 1970, an associate professor, in 1975-1979. Full Professor and Dean of Brown University College. In 1979—1984 Director of the Argonne National Laboratory. In 1979-1993 Professor of Physics and in 1983-1991. vice president of research at the University of Chicago.
Member of the Boards of Directors of Amoco (1982–1998), Motorola (1984–2006), BP (1998–2008), Bank of America (1998–2010, its chairman from 2009–2010), McDonald’s Corporation (since 1998).
Fello and ex-vice president of the American Physical Society. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Co-founder of the . Married, two sons, grandchildren. Supporter of the revival of nuclear energy.
- Awards and honors
- Public Humanities Award, Illinois Humanities (2016)
- Vannevar Bush Award (2019)
- Technology,
He was awarded more than 30 honorary degrees, including from Yale [1] .