1. For accounts particularly relevant to this paper, see: Madison Kuhn, Michigan State: The First One Hundred Years (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1955); John A. Hannah, A Memoir (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press 1980), an informal account of his life and connection to Michigan State University; Clarence H. Suelter, A History of the College of Natural Science, Michigan State University 1855–2005 (East Lansing: College of Natural Science Alumni Association, 2008), a historical compendium with many pictures of the various departments and research institutes that make up the MSU College of Natural Science.
2. On December 11, 2008, DOE announced: “Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing, Michigan has been selected to design and establish the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)…. The selection is subject to successful negotiation of a Cooperative Agreement with MSU and a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review of the proposed site. Funding is subject to annual appropriations by Congress.” The Cooperative agreement was signed by the DOE and MSU on June 8, 2009. “U.S. Department of Energy Selects Michigan State University To Design and Establish Facility for Rare Isotope Beams,” accessed September 24, 2015, http://energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-selects-michigan-state-university-design-and-establish-facility-rare .
3. Richard Schlegel, letter to Henry Blosser, December 14, 1977. This and other unpublished documents cited are in the author’s possession unless otherwise noted.
4. Report of MSU Physics Department activities, 1959.
5. Lawrence Jones, Frederick Mills, Andrew Sessler, Keith Symon, and Donald Young, Innovation Was Not Enough: A History of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) (Singapore: World Scientific, 2010).