Edward A. Frieman

Edward Allan Frieman
Edward Allan Frieman
Born	January 19, 1926; New York City, US
Died	April 11, 2013 (aged 87); La Jolla, California, US
Education	Columbia University (B.S.) ; Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (M.S., Ph.D.)
Awards	James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (2002);
	Scientific career
Fields	Plasma physics
Institutions	Los Alamos Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Thesis	The Proton-Proton Reaction and Energy Production in the Sun (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Lloyd Motz
Doctoral students	Charles Kennel

Edward Allan Frieman (January 19, 1926 – April 11, 2013) was an American physicist who worked on plasma physics and nuclear fusion. He was the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1986 through 1996, and then the senior vice president of science and technology at the Science Applications International Corporation from 1996 on until his death in 2013.

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