Luis W. Alvarez National Academy of Sciences（路易斯·w·阿尔瓦雷斯国家科学院）.pdfVIP

n a t i o n a l a c a d e m y o f s c i e n c e s l u i s w a l t e r a l v a r e z 1 9 1 1 — 1 9 8 8 A Biographical Memoir by w . p e t e r t r o w e r Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoir Copyright 2009 national aCademy of sCienCes washington , d.C. lawrence Berkeley national laboratory, courtesy aip emilio segrè visiual archives. luis walter alvarez June 13, 1911—September 1, 1988 B y w . p e t e r t r o w e r uie, as he was known to all , arrived at ernest lawrence’s lradiation lab then located behind leconte Hall on the university of california campus in the fall of 196. newly married, this freshly minted ph.d. from the university of chicago owed his job in those grim depression days to nepo- tism; his sister, Gladys, was lawrence’s secretary. tall, blond, blue-eyed, and gymnast-fit, luie would later be described by Jane wilson, the wife of another of ernest’s acolytes, as “a golden boy.” Bereft of all things Hispanic and innocent of most things nuclear, luie began his life’s adventures. luie was no stranger to the Bay area, having been born in san francisco to a second-generation physician and a stanford medical school graduate physiologist. it was while spending time in his father’s laboratory that he became fascinated with instrumentation. an accomplished but unexceptional student, luie along with Bill shockley was interviewed by stanford psychologist lewis terman for his famous longitudinal study of the gifted. neit