EDUCATION
B.A. 1963, University of Texas, Austin
M.S. 1964, Yale University, New Haven
Ph.D. 1967, Yale University, New Haven
ACADEMIC CAREER
Grader, University of Texas, 1960-63
Assistant Lab Instructor, Yale, 1963-64
Assistant Instructor, Yale, 1964-67
Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington State University, 1967-73
Tenure, 1971
Associate Professor of Physics, Washington State University, 1973-77
Professor of Physics, Washington State University, 1977-95
Chairman, Department of Physics, Washington State University, 1977-80
Visiting Professor, MIT, 1980-81 (Professional Leave)
Professor Emeritus of Physics, Washington State University, 1995-2023
HONOR SOCIETIES
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma
Sigma Pi Sigma
Sigma Xi
1. Henry Margenau and James L. Park Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 10 in Delaware Seminar in the Foundations of Physics, edited by M. Bunge, Studies in the Foundations Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 161-187 (1967).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86102-4_10
5. James L. Park and Henry Margenau Simultaneous Measurability in Quantum Theory
International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 1, 211-283 (1968).
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00668668
9. James L. Park The Concept of Transition in Quantum Mechanics
Foundations of Physics, Vol. 1, 23-33 (1970).
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708652
This paper contains the first statement and proof of the "no-cloning theorem"
, rediscovered twelve years later by other authors and recognized as a keystone of quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, and quantum computation.
10. William Band and James L. Park The Empirical Determination of Quantum States
Foundations of Physics, Vol. 1, 133-144 (1970).
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708723
This paper, together with papers 13, 14, 24, 36, 41, contains the first pioneering statements and general results of the fields that much later were dubbed "Quantum Tomography"
and, more recently, "Generalized Bloch Vector Representations of Density Operators."
23. James L. Park The Measurement Act in Quantum Physics
Chapter 4 in Vistas in Physical Reality, edited by E. Laszlo and E. B. Sellon (Plenum Press, New York, 1976), pp. 63-79.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2202-3_4
42. Ralph F. Simmons, Jr and James L. Park On Completely Positive Maps in Generalized Quantum Dynamics
Foundations of Physics, Vol. 11, 47- 55 (1981).
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715195
See also the related paper number 46, where they correct an issue regarding complete positivity of the Bloch equations.
44. James L. Park and Ralph F. Simmons, Jr The Knots of Quantum Thermodynamics
Chapter 19 in Old and New Questions in Physics. Cosmology. Philosophy, and Theoretical Biology, edited by Alwyn van der Merwe, (Springer, Boston, MA, 1983), pp. 289-308.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8830-2_20
51. Elias P. Gyftopoulos and James L. Park Letter Concerning Quantum Foolishness
Physics Today, Vol. 42, 98-100 (1989).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2810964
