Trust me—you really don’t know what you’re missing.
Dr. Bill Wattenburg’s Résumé
1980–Present
- Research
Scientist and Adjunct Professor of Science, University Foundation, California
State University, Chico.
- Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Formerly staff member, Physics Division, nuclear
weapons design.
- Talk show host, “The Open Line to the West Coast” (Sat. and Sun.
10pm–1am), KGO Radio AM-810, American Broadcasting Company, San Francisco
(since 1972).
1965–1980
- Co-founder of Berkeley Scientific Laboratories, Berkeley, California,
1966, with Dr. Donald Glaser, Nobel Prize, Physics, 1960).
- President, Berkeley Scientific Laboratories, 1966–1970.
- Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Comprehensive Health Services (later
reorganized as Comprehensive Computer Services and Bakte Bennent Medical
Laboratories), 1970–1980.
- Member, U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 1967–1970.
Subcommittee on Nuclear Defense Systems (Dr. Edward Teller).
1961–1967
- Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley and
Staff member, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physics Division.
- Consultant:
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
- IBM Corporation
- General Electric Co.
- Bellcom (NASA Apollo Project)
Education
- 1961: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Physics, U.C. Berkeley
- 1959: Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley
- 1958: B.S., Electrical Engineering, California State University, Chico.
Inventions and Patents
- Signaling and Communication System
- Patent No. 3,460,121
Issued August 5, 1969
This is the original patent for home alarm systems that communicate over
house wiring, and is basically the same technology used in the X-10 system
today.
- Tennis stroke training device
- U.S. Patent No. 3,693,973
Issued September 26, 1972
- Record card comparing and print enabling mechanism
- U.S. Patent No. 3,745,919
Issued July 17, 1973
- Anti-snag plowing system
- U.S. Patent No. 5,183,119
Issued February 2, 1993
- Downhole drilling subassembly and method for same
- U.S. Patent No. 5,445,230
Issued August 29, 1995
- Downhole drilling subassembly and method for same
- U.S. Patent No. 5,673,765
Issued October 7, 1997
References
- Dr. John Nuckolls, former Director, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California
- Mr. Michael Luckoff, President, KGO Radio, San Francisco, California.
- Dr. Edward Teller, Hoover Institute, Stanford University.
- Mr. James Roberts, Chief Engineer, California Department of
Transportation, Sacramento, California.
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