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Biography

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Albert Narath

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Dates

March 5, 1933 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Biography

Abstract

Albert Narath was President of Sandia National Laboratories (1989-1995). His other institutional affiliations include AT & T Bell Laboratories and Lockheed Martin Corporation. He received the American Physical Society's 1991 George E. Pake Prize.

Important Dates

March 5, 1933Birth, Berlin (Germany).

1955Obtained BS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati (Ohio).

1959Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1959 – 1984Member, Technical Staff and Deputy Manager, Solid State Research (1959-1968); Director, Solid State Science Research (1968-1971); Managing Director, Physical Sciences (1971-1973); Vice President, Research and Systems Devlopment (1973-1982); and Executive Vice President (1982-1984), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (N.M.).

1984 – 1989Vice President, AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1989 – 1990Chair, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, United States Department of Energy.

1989 – 1995President, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (N.M.).

1991Awarded George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society.

1995 – 1998President and Chief Operating Officer, Energy and Environment Sector, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda (Md.).

Occupation

Solid state physicist.

Places

Birth

Berlin (Germany)

Undergraduate Education

Cincinnati (Ohio)

Graduate Education

Berkeley (Calif.)

Employment

Albuquerque (N.M.)

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Bethesda (Md.)

Subjects

Nuclear magnetic resonance.

Solid state physics.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Chemla, D. S.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT &T Bell Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Vice President.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Vice President.

Lockheed Martin

President and Chief Operating Officer, Energy and Environment Sector.

Sandia National Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff and Deputy Manager, Solid State Research; Director, Solid State Science Research; Managing Director, Physical Sciences; Vice President, Research and Systems Devlopment; Executive Vice President; and President.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Received 1991 George E. Pake Prize.

United States. Department of Energy

Chair, Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry

Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry (1959).

University of Cincinnati. Department of Physics

Obtained BS (1955).

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