C. Paul Robinson (October 9, 1941 – March 2, 2023) was an American

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Biography

Robinson was born in

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

on October 9, 1941. He received his Ph.D. in physics from

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

and spent most of his career at

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and Sandia National Laboratories, becoming President of Sandia Corporation in 1995. He served as head of delegation and chief negotiator for the United States in the Nuclear Testing Talks with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. These negotiations produced Protocols to the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty. Both, along with the treaties, were ratified unanimously by the

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and remain in force. The negotiations included agreement for, and execution of, the

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, carried out in 1988 as the Kearsarge event in

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. He died on March 2, 2023, at the age of 81.

Awards and honors

* Member, National Academy of Engineering, Special fields and interdisciplinary (1998) *

George E. Pake Prize The George E. Pake Prize is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society since 1984. The recipients are chosen for "''outstanding work by physicists combining original research accomplishments with leadership in the mana ...

(2003)

References

1941 births 2023 deaths Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Arms control people Florida State University alumni Sandia National Laboratories people Scientists from Detroit {{US-physicist-stub