Frank N. von Hippel
Niels Frank von Hippel ( born December 26, 1937 in Cambridge ( Massachusetts)) is an American theoretical physicist and analyst on disarmament and security issues and energy issues.
Life
Hippel studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor 1959) and in 1962 received his doctorate at the University of Oxford, where was a Rhodes Scholar. As a post - graduate student, he was at the University of Chicago and from 1964 to 1966 at Cornell University. From 1966 to 1970 he was Assistant Professor at Stanford University, and from 1970 to 1973 at the Argonne National Laboratory. From 1973 to 1974 he was Resident Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and from 1974 to 1978, he conducted research at Princeton University. After that, he was at the Center for Environmental Studies at Princeton, in 1983 as Professor for Public and International Affairs. He is a professor and co- director of the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
From 1993 to 1994 he was Assistant Director of National Security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. From 1979 to 1984 he headed the Federation of American Scientists (FAS ) before ( Chairman ) and later the FAS Fund. From 2003 to 2005, he stood before the panel of Public Affairs of the American Physical Society.
In the 1970s, he was known for analyzes of nuclear safety and advised, among others, the U.S. Congress and the NRC ( Nuclear Regulatory Commission ). He also dealt with other areas of the energy sector. Also in disarmament issues he was active early. In the 1980s and 1990s, he focused in particular on non- proliferation of nuclear weapons material such as from the collections of the former Soviet Union.
Von Hippel is a grandson of James Franck.
Prizes and awards
He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Writings
- Citizen Scientist, American Institute of Physics, Simon and Schuster 1991
- Roald Sagdeev (Editor) Reversing the Arms Race: How to Achieve and Verify Deep Reductions in Nuclear Weapons, New York, Gordon and Breach 1990
- With Joel Primack Advice and Dissent, Scientists in the Political Arena, Basic Books 1974
- With Harold A. Feiveson, Bruce G. Blair, Jonathan Dean, Steve Fetter, James Goodby, George N. Lewis, Janne E. Nolan, Theodore Postol The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint for Deep Cuts and De -alerting of Nuclear Weapons, Brookings Institution Press, 1999