Darol Froman
| Darol Froman | |
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Dr. Darol K. Froman, Technical Associate Director, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in 1953
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| Born |
October 23, 1906 Harrington, Washington |
| Died | September 11, 1997 (aged 90) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Alma mater |
University of Alberta (B.Sc. 1926, M.Sc. 1927) University of Chicago (Ph.D. 1930) |
| Thesis | A photographic method of determining atomic structure factors (1930) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Compton |
| Known for | Deputy Director of Los Alamos Laboratory |
| Notable awards | a wide range of patents for electrical components and batteries |
Darol Kenneth Froman (October 23, 1906 – September 11, 1997) was the Deputy Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1951 to 1962. He served as a group leader from 1943 to 1945, and a division head from 1945 to 1948. He was the scientific director of the Operation Sandstone nuclear tests at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific in 1948, and Assistant Director for Weapons Development from 1949 to 1951.
Darol Kenneth Froman was born in Harrington, Washington, on October 23, 1906, the son of a farmer. His family moved to Canada in 1910. He entered the University of Alberta in Edmonton, which awarded him the degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in 1926 and Master of Science (M.Sc.) the following year.
He was a summer student at the University of Chicago in 1926 and 1927 before enrolling as a graduate student in 1928. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) thesis there on A Photographic Method of Determining Atomic Structure Factors in 1930, under the supervision of Arthur Compton. It was subsequently published in the Physical Review.
After graduating from the University of Chicago, Froman became a lecturer at the University of Alberta from 1930 to 1931, and was lecturer and assistant professor of physics at Macdonald College at McGill University in Montreal from 1931 to 1939. During the summer months he joined Joyce C. Stearns at Mount Evans or Echo Lake Park to study cosmic rays.
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