| Burton Richter  Born: 22-Mar-1931
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Discoverer of J/psi particle Father: Abraham Richter
Mother: Fannie Pollack
Wife: Laurose Becker (m. 1960, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Elizabeth (b. 1961)
Son: Matthew (b. 1963)
High School: Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, MD (1948)
University: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1952)
University: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956)
Scholar: Research Associate, Stanford University (1956-67)
Professor: Stanford University (1967-)
Nobel Prize for Physics 1976 (with Samuel C. C. Ting)
National Academy of Sciences 1977
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1989
American Physical Society President (1994)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Bill Bradley for President
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
JASON
MoveOn.org
Scientists and Engineers for America
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