Dr. John B Cladis was a nuclear physicist who engaged in nuclear and space physics research for over 60 years. The collection is composed of a memoir, and reports and studies from Dr. Cladis' long career in nuclear physics. The reports date from the 1960s to the 1980s, primarily covering studies Dr. Cladis participated in during his work at Lockheed Research Laboratory in Palo Alto.

Dr. John B Cladis was a nuclear physicist who engaged in nuclear and space physics research for over 60 years. He passed away on September 12, 2019 at the age of 97. He studied radar systems at Harvard and MIT, then worked on advanced radars at Ft. Monmouth, NJ and taught radar principles and repair at Sea Girt, NJ. He did graduate work in Nuclear Physics at the University of California and worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 1951, after he received his PhD degree in Nuclear Physics, John went to work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he successfully test nuclear bombs in Nevada, Eniwetok and Bikini. In 1955 joined the Lockheed Aircraft Company to form a missiles and space division, and then joined the Lockheed Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, CA where he worked on radiation belts. In 1961, he went to Princeton University to study plasma physics.

2 manuscript boxes, digital media (0.6 Linear Feet)

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