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James W. Cronin

James W. CroninAKA James Watson Cronin

Born: 29-Sep-1931
Birthplace: Chicago, IL

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Time not necessarily reversible

Father: James Farley Cronin (professor at SMU, d. 1959)
Mother: Dorothy Watson
Wife: Annette Martin (m. 1954)
Son: Daniel
Daughter: Cathryn
Daughter: Emily

    University: BS Physics and Mathematics, Southern Methodist University (1951)
    University: MS, University of Chicago (1953)
    University: PhD Physics, University of Chicago (1955)
    Professor: Princeton University (1958-71)
    Professor: Physics, University of Chicago (1971-)

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    American Physical Society
    Dean for America
    Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
    National Academy of Sciences
    Scientists and Engineers for America
    Nobel Prize for Physics 1980 (with Val Fitch)


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