James Watson Cronin was an American particle physicist.
10 Facts About James Cronin
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James Cronin received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award in 1976 for major experimental contributions to particle physics including fundamental work on weak interactions culminating in the discovery of asymmetry under time reversal.
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James Cronin was Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago winning the prestigious Quantrell Award and a spokesperson emeritus for the Auger project.
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James Cronin was a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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James Cronin's father, James Farley Cronin, was a graduate student of classical languages at the University of Chicago.
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For graduate school James Cronin moved back to Illinois to attend the University of Chicago.
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James Cronin wrote his thesis on experimental nuclear physics under supervision of Samuel K Allison.
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James Cronin then switched to the study of cosmic rays.
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James Cronin's appointment was to last five years, but he left after a year to continue gathering international support for the Observatory with Alan Watson and Murat Boratav.
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James Cronin was the Director of Special Events at the University of Chicago.