Edward Ginzton

Edward Leonard Ginzton (December 27, 1915 – August 13, 1998) was a Ukrainian-American physicist.

Education

Edward Ginzton completed his B.S. (1936) and M.S.(1937) in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley^[1] and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1941.^[2]

Career

As a student at Stanford University Edward Ginzton worked with William Hansen and brothers Russell Varian and Sigurd Varian (Varian Associates founders). In 1941 he became a member of the Varian-Hansen group at the Sperry Gyroscope Company.^[3]

Ginzton was appointed Assistant Professor in Physics at Stanford University in 1945 ^[4] and remained on the faculty until 1961. ^[5]

In 1949, Edward Ginzton and Marvin Chodorow developed the 1 BeV 220 accelerator in the at Stanford University. After completion of the 1 BeV 220 accelerator, Ginzton became director of the Microwave Laboratory which was later renamed the Ginzton Laboratory.^[6]

Ginzton co-founded with Russell and Siguard Varian to form Varian Associates in 1948. ^[7] The nine initial directors of the company were Russell H. Varian, Sigurd F. Varian, Dorothy Varian, H. Myrl Stearns, Stanford University faculty members Edward Ginzton, William W. Hansen, and Leonard I Schiff; legal counsel Richard M. Leonard, and patent attorney Paul B. Hunter.^[8]

Ginzton became CEO and chairman of Varian Associates after Russell Varian died of a heart attack and Sigfred Varian died in a plane crash.^[9]

Ginzton was awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1969 for "his outstanding contributions in advancing the technology of high power klystrons and their application, especially to linear particle accelerators."

Ginzton was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and in the National Academy of Sciences.

Family

Edward Ginzton was born in Russia and lived in China before moving to California in 1929.^[10]

On June 16, 1939, Edward Ginzton and Artemus Alma McCann (1913-2000) married. Artemus was the daughter of James Arthur and Alma (Hawes) McCann. The Ginztons had three children Ann Ginzton Cottrell (1942), Leonard Edward Ginzton (1943), Nancy Hayden Ginzton (1946), and David Edward Ginzton (1948).

Notes

1. ^ http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Edward_L._Ginzton
2. ^ http://www-ee.stanford.edu/timeline.php
3. ^ http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/ginzton.html
4. ^ http://www-ee.stanford.edu/timeline.php
5. ^ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/98/980825ginzton.html
6. ^ http://www.stanford.edu/group/ginzton/history.html
7. ^ http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/98/980825ginzton.html
8. ^ http://www.varianinc.com/cgi-bin/nav?/corp/history
9. ^ http://www.insidebayarea.com/bay-area-living/ci_12991542?source=rss
10. ^ http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/novdec/classnotes/featureobit.html

References

• "Edward L. Ginzton, 1915-1998". IEEE History Center. IEEE. 1969. http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/ginzton.html. Retrieved 2007-08-29. 

• "Father of Invention". Stanford Magazine. Stanford University. 1998. http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/novdec/classnotes/featureobit.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11. 

• "History of the Ginzton Lab". Stanford University. Stanford University. 2009. http://www.stanford.edu/group/ginzton/history.html. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 

• "Oral History: Edward Ginzton". IEEE. IEEE Global History Network. 1984. http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Oral-History:Edward_Ginzton. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 

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