CEBAF (Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility), Virginia
Nathan Isgur was born in Houston, Texas, and studied at the University of Toronto. He and co-workers showed that quantum chromo-dynamic forces are crucial to understanding quarks. He and Gabriel Karl proposed in 1978 the 3-quark model that is now the standard model of the proton and the neutron. He is a recipient of the Steacie Prize, the Herzberg Medal and the Rutherford Medal.
B.Sc. Caltech 1968; PhD U of T 1974, NSERC Postdoctoral fellow, U. of Toronto 1974; Asst. Prof. 1976; Assoc. prof. 1980; Prof. of Physics 1983-92; recipient Herzberg Medal Candn. Assn. Phys. 1984; Rutherford Medal 1989; Steacie Fellowship NSERC 1986-87 and Prize 1986; Fellow, Am. Physical Soc. 1990; author over 100 sci. articles.
Sources: Canadian Who's Who, 1993; Physics Today, Nov. 1983
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