William F. Brinkman
Director of the Office of Science, Energy Department (since June 2009)
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(Lawrence Berkeley Lab.gov)
Brinkman was a small-town boy with a football scholarship who became one of America's leading physicists. He spent most of his career at Bell Laboratories, first as a researcher and finally as research vice president. Along the way, he had a stint working for the Department of Energy at a national lab in New Mexico.
"I love the intellectual stimulation of physics, the many wonderful discoveries of the field, and the beauty of the fundamental understanding of nature that has come from the field," he said. "I also find it stimulating and very satisfying to create new practical things that become products. Both are challenging and fun, and both require knowledge of science and engineering." Both have made his reputation, since Brinkman's work at Bell is perhaps best known for his ability to transform scientific discovery into marketable technology.
- Career History: Senior Research Physicist, Princeton University (2001-09), Bell Laboratories (1966-2001), Sandia National Laboratories (1984-1987)
- Birthday: July 20, 1938
- Hometown: St. Genevieve, Missouri
- Alma Mater: B.S.-University of Missouri (1960), Ph.D.-University of Missouri (1965), PostDoc-Oxford University (1966)
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