RICHARD WILSON

      

Mailing Address:
Depaertment of Physics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

Office Address:
Jefferson Physicsl Laboratory, Rm. 257A
Harvard University

Home Address:
15 Bracebridge Road
Newton Centre, MA 02459

EDUCATION
St. Paul's School, London, England, 1939-1943
Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, England:
    Open Mathematical Scholar 1943
    B.A. (Physics) 1946
    M.A., D.Phil. (Physics) 1950

POSITIONS
Research Lecturer, Christ Church, Oxford University 1949-54
Research Associate, University of Rochester 1950-51
Research Associate, Stanford University 1951-52
Research Officer, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University 1952-55
Assistant Professor of Physics, Harvard University 1955-57
Associate Professor of Physics, Harvard University 1957-61
Professor of Physics, Harvard University 1961-83
Chairman, Dept. of Physics, Harvard University 1982-85
Chairman High Energy Physics Committee 1958-1971
Chairman, Cyclotron Operating Committee, Harvard University 1974-81
Cyclotron Operating Committee, Harvard University, Member 1981-present
Acting Director, Energy and Environmental Policy Center, Harvard University 1977-79
Member, Advisory Committee, Energy and Environmental Policy Center, Harvard University 1979-90
Associate, Adams House, Harvard University 1971-present
Affiliate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University 1990-present
Affiliate, Center for Science and International Affairs,  Harvard University 1990-present
Affiliate, Center for Risk Analysis, School of Public Health, Harvard Univesrity, 1992-present
Director, Regional Center for Global Environmental Change,  (NIGEC) HarvardUniversity 1990-1993
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University 1983-1999
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard University, (emeritus)  1999-present

SUMMER AND VISITING POSITIONS
Stanford University 1958
University of Paris-Sud (Orsay) (John Simon Guggenheim Fellow) 1961
Laboratori Nationali di Frascati, Rome (Fulbright Fellow) 1969
Overseas Lecturer, U.S. Information Agency 1973-83
Lecturer on Energy and Environment, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory SummerInstitute, Berkeley, California 1973
Lecturer, Second Energy Symposium, Boulder, Colorado 1974
Lecturer, UK Summer School on Aspects of Energy Conversion 1975
Co-Director, International Schools on Energetics I, II, III, IV, Erice, Italy 1974-80
Visiting Professor, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France 1981
Visiting Scientist, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland 1981
National Science Foundation Lecturer, Pakistan 1982
Visitor : Los Alamos National Laboratory:  February 1998, January/February 1999, January/March 2003
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Jan/February 2000, January/March 2001

COMMITTEE, CONSULTANT, AND OTHER POSITIONS
Assistant Editor, Annals of Physics 1956-84
National Science Foundation, Physics Advisory Board 1967-70
Trustee, Universities Research Association 1968-73
Consultant to the Attorney General, State of Maine 1971-72
Member, Transportation Advisory Committee, City of Newton 1973 - 78
Energy Research and Development Administration Breeder Reactor Safety Committee 1974-76
Consultant to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards 1974-77
Consultant to the Electric Power Research Institute 1975-77
Consultant to Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1976-77; 1988-90
Consultant to Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1977-82
Consultant to the U.S. General Accounting Office 1977-78
Consultant to Air Products and Chemicals 1975-80
Consultant to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 1977-82
Member, Visiting Committee, Engineering Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1978-82, (Chairman 1982)
Consultant to Clairol, Inc. 1979-83
Chairman, Governor's Panel on Reactor Safety Subsequent to the Accidentat Three Mile Island, Commonwealth of  Massachusetts 1979-80
Consultant to the United Nations Council on Namibia 1980
Member, Editorial Board, Risk Analysis, 1980 - present
Advisor, King Faisal International Prize, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1982-83
National Academy of Sciences Energy Engineering Board 1982-91
Chairman, American Physical Society Study Group on Radiological Consequences of Nuclear Power Plants 1983-85
Consultant to the Attorney General, State of Rhode Island 1983
Member, U.S. Department of Energy Health and Environmental Safety  Advisory Committee (HERAC) 1984-86
Member, Visiting Committee, Nuclear Engineering Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory 1984-91
Member, Visiting Committee to Radiation Medicine Department , Massachusetts General Hospital 1984-present
       (Chairman 1984-2000)
Tobacco Smoking Committee, Health Advisory Council, City of Newton1984-1988
Member, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Research Advisory Committee1986-91
Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement with Food and Drug Administration1988-90
Member, Advisory Council, Atomic Library & Technology Center 1988-present
Member, Committee on Future Nuclear Power, National Academy of Sciences1989-92
Member, Organizing Committee, 1st International  Sakharov Conference 1989-90
Member, Science Advisory Board, Atlantic Legal Foundation,  1990-present
Chairman,  Expert group on Nuclear Reactor Safety:   Republic of China (Taiwan) 1990-1991
Member, Subcommittee on Electromagnetic Radiation, Science AdvisoryBoard, EPA 1991
Member, International Advisory Committee, International SakharovCollege  of Radioecology (Minsk)
    now International Sakharov Environmental University(ISEU) (Chairman 1992- 2001; honorary member 2001 to present)
General Accounting Office (US) Consultant 1977; 1992
Member, Board of Directors, Sakharov Foundation, New York 1992-present
Member, Conseil Scientifique NBC, Nice, France 1992-1992
Consultant, University of Kuwait 1978, 1984, 1989, 1993
Consultant, Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research 1978, 1979, 1982,1984, 1986
Consultant, Arab Fund for Economic and Social  Development (1996 present)
Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997,1998,1999)
Permanent Energy Monitoring Panel, World Federation of Scientists (2002-present,  Chairman to 2005)
President, Arsenic Foundation.Inc. 2005 - president)net
Member, Scientific Committee Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (2005-present)

HONORS and AWARDS
Medal as "Chernobyl Liquidator"  USSR, 1987
Forum Award, American Physical Society for Forum on Science  and Society 1990
Society for Risk Analysis, Distinguished Achievement Award 1993
Honorary Doctor; International Sakharov Environmental University (ISEU), Minsk 2001
2005 Erice (Ettore Majorana) Prize for Science and Peace,  Erice 2006
2007 Dixy Lee Ray Award,  American Society for Mechanical Engineers

SOCIETIES
Fellow, American Physical Society
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow, New York Academy of Arts and Sciences
Life Member, Society for Psychical Research (London)
Member, Massachusetts Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP)
Member, Society for Risk Analysis
Member, Newton Conservators (Board of Directors, 1972-76)
Member, Appalachian Mountain Club
Member, American Nuclear Society
Member, Society of Toxicology

CLUB
United Oxford and Cambridge Club, 71 Pall Mall, London, England

PUBLICATIONS:
Over 904 publications in various scientific journals.