Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Stephen McGuire Stephen McGuire
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Other authors / contributors: | McGuire, Stephen, 1948- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2012 August 18. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Nuclear physicist and professor Stephen C. McGuire was born on September 17, 1948 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his B.S. degree in physics from Southern University in 1970. McGuire received his M.S. degree in nuclear physics from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in nuclear science with a focus on low energy neutron physics in 1979. McGuire conducted research at a number of national laboratories and with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He served as a consultant, as well as taught at several prominent universities. Since 1999, McGuire served as professor and chair of the department of physics at Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) College. McGuire helped lead the establishment of the partnership in materials research and science education between the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and Southern University and A&M College. He considered this the greatest accomplishment in his physics career.
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