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200 MILLENNIUM-SECOND EDITION D rawing upon seven decades of industry experience, Dr. Lawrence W. Jones has an extensive and versatile career, which began with his role as a scientist at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory in 1948. He then spent the majority of his career at the University of Michigan, first serving as an assistant professor then associate professor between 1952 and 1963, before being promoted to full professor of physics, a role he maintained from 1963 until attaining emeritus status in 1998. He remains a visiting scientist at the university and a staff associate for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) since 1988. Since earning a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1952, Dr. Jones has been a visiting scientist and physicist at CERN, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. While his primary interests include high-energy particle physics, detector development and cosmic ray research, he has contributed to the development of the scintillation chamber, optical spark chamber and the ionization calorimeter for hadron energy measurement. In addition, he participated in the L3 experiment and was an early proponent of a hydrogen fuel economy. Notably, Dr. Jones has co-authored 369 publications and authored six papers, including the book “Innovation was not Enough: the History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA)” in 2009, which describes his work researching particle accelerator design between 1953 and 1965. Throughout his career, he has chaired and co-chaired the PhD theses of 17 physics students, including Dr. Samuel C. C. Ting, who received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the subatomic psion particle. Dr. Jones received a Ford Foundation Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship at CERN in Switzerland. Additionally, he has been highlighted in numerous editions of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the Midwest and Who’s Who in the World. Looking toward the future, he intends to continue conducting speaking engagements in his areas of expertise. LAWRENCE W. JONES, PHD PHYSICS PROFESSOR EMERITUS University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI