Memories of Edward Zganjar

In memory of

Edward Zganjar

Baton Rouge, LA

July 31, 1938 - February 8, 2024

Jul 31, 1938 - Feb 8, 2024

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Lee Riedinger

2008

This photo includes Joe Hamilton and some of his 100 graduate students that he mentored over his 64 years on the Vanderbilt faculty. This was taken on occastion of a symposium that Ed and I helped organize to honor Joe after 50 years on the faculty. Ed was one of Joe's early grad students and fnished his PhD in 1966. I was two years behind, finishing in 1968. I always looked up to and respected Ed.

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Lee Riedinger

Oak Ridge, TN, USA

This is a photo of Ed and his colleagues performing an experiment at Oak Ridge National Lab. Ed worked on and led many such experiments at UNISOR and Holifield.

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Lee Riedinger

2022, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

We four took the lead on a 50-year anniversary celebration of UJISOR in Oak Ridge: Lee Riedinger, Ken Carter, Gene Spejewski, and Ed. This is the last time I saw Ed. He was struggling with neuropathy in his feet but otherwise moved around well and gave a wonderful talk about some of his many contributions to UNISOR.

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Lee Riedinger

Here is Ed and Jo Zganjar with Joe and Jannelle Hamilton. Joe was Ed's mentor in grad school and then a lifelong colleague in nuclear physics.

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Lee Riedinger

1975

This is a photo of a young Ed Zganjar and a young John Wood. Ed and John were close physics colleagues for decades - a wonderful team. John spent his career at Georgia Tech .

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Ken Carter

1971, Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORIC conference room

Here is the signing of founding of UNISOR - a university consortium located at ORNL - Ed Zganjar was a key member through out its existence. I was so fortunate to be associated with Ed from 1965 on. Below is a brief, incomplete, look at some of his experimental work.

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Ken Carter

1973, UNISOR lab

One of Ed's key contributions was development of much needed experimental devices to make experiments better - indeed, possible. This is an early example - as you will see they got much ! more complicated

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Ken Carter

1974, UNISOR lab

Our experiments lasted for days around the clock - Ed hardly ever left but sometimes ....

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Ken Carter

1978, UNISOR facility

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Ken Carter

Ed overseeing the use of one of his devices. Ed overseeing the use of one of his devices. Ed overseeing the use of one of his devices.

Ken Carter

1991, Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility HHRIF

Ed with two of his students Paresh Joshi, Dubravka Rupnik and their experiment at UNISOR

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Ken Carter

2002, Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Ed checking out moving tape collector design

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Ken Carter

2004, Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Moving tape collector were a continuing issue with our experiments- Ed continued to refine, innovate them

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Ken Carter

Yes - that is a pile of tape in the bottom. In background is Andreas Piechaczek his post doc. Yes - that is a pile of tape in the bottom. In background is Andreas Piechaczek his post doc. Yes - that is a pile of tape in the bottom. In background... Read more

Ken Carter

2007, Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Ed with one of his more complicated devices. LeRIBSS - Low Energy Radioactive Ion Beam Spectroscopy Station. His acronyms reflected his "Louisiana roots". With closure of HRIBF in 2012 Ed continued developing equipment for other labs including TRIUMF in Canada

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Ken Carter

Over his career he designed, and constructed with LSU machine shop more than 30 individual major experimental... Read more Over his career he designed, and constructed with LSU machine shop more than 30 individual major experimental devices, many continue... Read more Over his career he designed, and constructed with LSU... Read more

Juhan Frank

I have known and respected Ed since I joined the Department 34 years ago. My most vivid and cherished memories of Ed come from a daily lunchtime ritual shared By Ed, Arlo, Ravi and me over the last dozen years or so. We would bring our own lunches and sit together to talk about whatever was on our minds, family events, national and international politics, recent scientific developments, departmental issues, etc. Ed would tell us stories about his travels, funny anecdotes about his time working for his dad, his latest fine carpentry project, and his latest jokes. Ed and I exchanged many such jokes over the years. His favorite joke subjects included Cajuns, politics, religion, and sex. Ed was fun and enjoyed life to the fullest. I miss him.

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Ravi Rau

Ed became one of my closest friends and colleagues in my 50 years in the department. We shared a mutual respect and affection for each other. Among many memorable moments are his excitement over a carpentry project, a greenhouse he built for a grandson, a nuclear physics detector, and a trip where he took several undergraduate physics students to Chicago and Fermilab. I will miss him, my sympathies with Jo, his children, and family.

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paresh joshi

I started working with Ed on my Ph.D in 1990. But never stopped working with him. He taught many more things... Read more I started working with Ed on my Ph.D in 1990. But never stopped working with him. He taught many more things than Nuclear physics,... Read more I started working with Ed on my Ph.D in 1990. But never... Read more