Herbert York
Herbert York served as a physicist on the famous Manhattan Project from 1943 to 1945.
He became the first director of the Lawrence Livermore Lab in which capacity he served from 1952 to 1958.
He was the Director of Defense Department Research and Engineering (Office of the Secretary of Defense) from 1958 to 1961.
He was a member of the PSAC from 1958 to 1961 and 1964 and 1968, and chief scientist for the Advanced Research Projects Agency in 1958
He was the founding chancellor of the University of California, San Diego in which capacity he served from 1961 to 1964 and 1970 to 1972.
He was a member of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament from 1961-69 and chief negotiator for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty between 1978 and 1981.
He is the founder and Director Emeritus of the University of California, San Diego Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
His published works include Race to Oblivion; Oppenheimer Teller and the Superbomb; Making Weapons, Talking Peace, in addition to numerous articles on nuclear disarmament.
