James Cronin

James Watson Cronin was an American physicist and university teacher born in Chicago in 1931. He specialized in nuclear physics and particle physics. Cronin received his education at Southern Methodist University and the University of Chicago. His doctoral advisor was Samuel King Allison. He worked as a faculty member at the University of Chicago, Collège de France, University of Utah, and Princeton University.

Cronin was a member of the Royal Society, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, National Academy of Sciences, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the National Medal of Science, the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He died in Saint Paul in 2016. His works are recognized in collections held by the Royal Society, the Nobel Laureates, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.