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- Birth nameHerbert Frank York
- Herbert York was born on November 24, 1921 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was married to Sybil York. He died on May 19, 2009 in San Diego, California, USA.
- SpouseSybil York(1948 - May 19, 2009) (his death, 3 children)
- A leading physicist in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II who later became an arms-control advocate. He was the founding chancellor of the University of California San Diego, serving from 1961 to 1964 and then from 1970 to 1972.
- Founding chancellor of the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in 1961.
- Nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb; later became an arms-control advocate.
- After WWII, he earned his doctorate at UC-Berkeley, and was appointed director of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory when he was only 28.
- He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics at the University of Rochester.
- There is no such thing as a good nuclear weapons system. There is no way to achieve, in the sound sense, national security through nuclear weapons. (in a 1983 interview with the Los Angeles Times)
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