14 Facts About Richard Garwin

Richard Lawrence Garwin was born on April 19,1928 and is an American physicist, best known as the author of the first hydrogen bomb design.

In 1978, Garwin was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributing to the application of the latest scientific discoveries to innovative practical engineering applications contributing to national security and economic growth.

Richard Garwin received his bachelor's degree from the Case Institute of Technology in 1947, and two years later his Ph.

Richard Garwin was the author of the actual design used in the first hydrogen bomb in 1952.

Richard Garwin was assigned the job by Edward Teller, with the instructions that he was to make it as conservative a design as possible in order to prove the concept was feasible.

Richard Garwin worked on the development of the first spy satellites, for which he was named one of the ten founders of national reconnaissance.

Richard Garwin has been granted 47 patents and has published over 500 papers.

Richard Garwin is currently IBM Fellow Emeritus at the Thomas J Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Richard Garwin has been the Philip D Reed Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, NY.

Richard Garwin has been a member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group since 1966.

Richard Garwin served on the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States in 1998.

Richard Garwin is currently a member of the National Academies' Committee on International Security and Arms Control and has served on 27 other National Academies committees.

Richard Garwin is among a select few scientists to have been elected to all three US National Academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Engineering.

Richard Garwin was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.