Malcolm Beasley

Malcolm Roy Beasley (born 1940)[1] is an American physicist. He is Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He is known for his research related to superconductivity.[2]

Early life and education

Beasley was born at Stanford hospital, moving to Hawaii during World War II with his parents, who were social scientists.[3] He was a high school and college basketball player, earning All-Metropolitan honors at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland,[4] and playing for the Cornell Big Red in 1958-59.[5]

At Cornell University, Beasley earned his bachelor's degree in engineering physics in 1962 and his Ph.D. in 1967.[6]

Academic career

Beasley joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1968 where he remained until accepting a position at Stanford in 1974.[7] He was recruited to Stanford by Theodore Geballe, and after Aharon Kapitulnik joined the applied physics department, the three Stanford superconductivity researchers became known as the "KGB Group."[3]

In 1991, Beasley was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1993.[2]

In 1998, Beasley was named dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford.[3]

In 2002, Beasley served as chairman of the Jan Hendrik Schön commission, which determined that Schön fabricated much of his published research.[8]

In 2011, Beasley was elected to the Presidential line of the American Physical Society, becoming APS President in 2014.[9]

References
  1. "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  2. "Beasley, Malcolm R." National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  3. Manuel, Diane (October 7, 1998). "Malcolm Beasley new H&S dean". Stanford Report.
  4. "1957 Schoolboy All-Star Teams". The Washington Post. March 3, 1957. p. C3. Malcolm (Mac) Beasley, Montgomery Blair, Forward, All-Metropolitan First Team
  5. "1958-59 Men's Basketball Roster". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. "Malcolm R. Beasley". American Institute of Physics. February 7, 2014.
  7. "Malcolm Beasley, Stanford University: Candidate for Vice President". American Physical Society. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  8. Chang, Kenneth (September 26, 2002). "Panel Says Bell Labs Scientist Faked Discoveries in Physics". The New York Times.
  9. "Members Elect Beasley to the APS Presidential Line". APS News (August/September 2011). American Physical Society.



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