James Watson Cronin

Professore emerito di Fisica dell'Università di Chicago 
(deceduto il 25 agosto 2016) 

- s.s. 12 settembre 2000, s.s.s 1 settembre 2012. 

Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Birth: September 29, 1931, Chicago, IllinoisEducation: B.S., Southern Methodist University, 1951
M.S., University of Chicago, 1953
Ph.D., (Physics) University of Chicago, 1955
National Science Foundation Fellow, 1952-1955Career: Assistant Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1955-1958
Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1958-1962
Associate Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1962-1964
Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1964-1971
University Professor of Physics, University of Chicago, 1971-1996
University Professor of Physics Emeritus, University of Chicago, 1997-Member: National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Physical Society; Chairman, Division of Particles and Fields, 1985
American Philosophical Society, April 1999Recipient: Research Corporation Award (with Val L. Fitch), 1968
John Price Wetherill Medal of the Franklin Institute (with Val L. Fitch), 1975
Ernest O. Lawrence Award, 1977
Nobel Prize in Physics (with Val L. Fitch) 1980
Laureate of Lincoln Academy of Illinois (Medal of Order of Lincoln), 1981
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1982
University of Chicago Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 1994
Docteur honoris causa, l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 1994
Honorary degree, University of Leeds, 1996
International Chair, College de France, 1999-2000
Docteur honoris causa, Université de Franche Compte, 1999
National Medal of Science, 1999.