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Description of the Collection
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Edward Ginzton papers
Creator:
Ginzton, Edward L. (Edward Leonard)
Identifier/Call Number: SC0330
Physical Description:
105 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa
1937-1992
Language of Material: English
Abstract: Papers regarding Ginzton's activities
at Stanford University, with Varian Associates, and on national committees and local
organizations. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, journals, publications,
technical reports, manufacturing reports, oral history materials, and photographs. Also
includes correspondence, publications, biographical material and manuscripts of Russell,
Sigurd and Dorothy Varian.
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Edward Ginzton Papers (SC0330). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Co-founder of Varian Associates and a pioneer in microwave tube technology and linear
accelerator development. As a graduate student at Stanford during the 1930's, Ginzton joined
Russell and Sigurd Varian and physics professors William W. Hansen and David L. Webster to
develop the klystron tube, an integral part of radar and the linear accelerator concept.
After working on radar systems during World War II, Ginzton returned to Stanford in 1946 as
a professor of applied physics. He joined Hansen in the establishment of the Microwave
Laboratory at Stanford. Becoming director of the Laboratory in 1949, he worked with Henry
Kaplan in adapting the linear accelerator for the treatment of cancer. He directed Project
M, which led to the construction of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (a two-mile
linear accelerator). In 1948, Ginzton helped found Varian Associates, becoming chairman of
the board and chief executive officer in 1959. Ginzton was elected a member of the National
Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering; he has also served on the
Stanford University Board of Trustees.
Description of the Collection
Papers regarding Ginzton's activities at Stanford University, with Varian Associates, and
on national committees and local organizations. Includes correspondence, manuscripts,
memoranda, journals, publications, technical reports, manufacturing reports, oral history
materials, and photographs. Also includes correspondence, publications, biographical
material and manuscripts of Russell, Sigurd and Dorothy Varian.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Microwaves.
Research and Development Contracts.
Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara
County.
Science and industry.
Physics.
High Technology Industry -- California -- Santa Clara
County.
Science -- History.
Klystrons.
Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition.
Varian, Sigurd Fergus
Ginzton, Edward L. (Edward Leonard)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
National Academy of Sciences.
Ginzton, Edward L. (Edward Leonard)
Stanford University. Department of Physics.
Faculty
Stanford Midpeninsular Urban Coalition.
Stanford University. W.W. Hansen Laboratory of
Physics
Kaplan, Henry S.
Varian, Russell Harrison
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster)
Stanford University. Microwave Laboratory
Varian, Dorothy