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Edward Alan Knapp

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Edward Alan Knapp
7th Director of the National Science Foundation
In office
1982–1984
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byJohn Brooks Slaughter
Succeeded byErich Bloch
Personal details
Born(1932-03-07)March 7, 1932
Salem, Oregon, US
DiedAugust 17, 2009(2009-08-17) (aged 77)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Residence(s)Santa Fe, New Mexico
Occupationphysicist
Alma materPomona College
University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsLos Alamos Scientific Laboratory
ThesisAngular distribution of photo-pions from hydrogen (1958)

Edward Alan Knapp (March 7, 1932 – August 17, 2009)[1] was an American physicist and was director of the National Science Foundation from 1982 to 1984.

Knapp graduated with BA from Pomona College in 1954, and with a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1958.[2] He then moved to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, where he became division leader of the accelerator technology division.

In 1978, he was a guest scientist in the USA–USSR Exchange Program in Fundamental Properties of Matter.[1] He also was a guest scientist in the US–Japanese Cooperative Cancer Research Program (NCI) in 1979.[1]

On July 12, 1982, he was nominated by Ronald Reagan to succeed William Klemperer as assistant director for the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation. In November 1982, he became director of the NSF, succeeding John Brooks Slaughter. In August 1984, he gave up the position to Erich Bloch and returned to scientific research.[3]

Knapp died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 17, 2009, after battling pancreatic cancer.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Nomination of Edward A. Knapp To Be an Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation". July 12, 1982. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  2. ^ Knapp, Edward Alan (1959). Angular distribution of photo-pions from hydrogen (Ph.D.). University of California, Berkeley. OCLC 21754943 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ "Edward A. Knapp (NSF biography)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  4. ^ Simmons, L. M. (2010). "Edward Alan Knapp". Physics Today. 63 (2): 57. Bibcode:2010PhT....63b..57S. doi:10.1063/1.3326995.
Government offices
Preceded by Director of the National Science Foundation
November 1982 - August 1984
Succeeded by