Morning Star LL
In 1961 Gottlieb became the first director of the renamed Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. 1951-1961: Lyman Spitzer, director of Project Matterhorn 1961-1980: Melvin B. Gottlieb 1981-1990: Harold Furth 1991-1996: Ronald C. Davidson 1997 (January–July): John A. Schmidt, interim director 1997-2008: Robert J. Goldston 2008–2016: Stewart C. Prager 2016–2017: Terrence K. Brog (interim) 2017–2018: Richard J. Hawryluk (interim) 2018-present: Sir Steven Cowley, 1 July 2018 Wikipedia.