Quotes by James Cronin

• On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.
• While at Chicago my interest in the new field of particle physics was stimulated by a course given by Gell- Mann, who was developing his ideas about Strangeness at the time.
• I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison.
• The long-lived K meson was discovered at Brookhaven.
• The Director of the Laboratory, George Reynolds, was most supportive of my efforts to work independently. There followed for ten years a glorious time for research.
• Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.
• One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France.
• When the violation of parity was discovered I began a series of electronic experiments to investigate parity violation in hyperon decays.
• My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student.
• My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System.
• My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University.
• In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country.
• I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool.
• During this period, with a series of excellent students, we further studied hyperon decays.
• In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics.