John Millener
New Zealand physicist and cricketer (born 1944)
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David John Millener (born 2 May 1944) is a New Zealand physicist and former cricketer. He played 26 matches of first-class cricket for Auckland and Oxford University between 1964 and 1970.[1] Since 1976 he has lived in the United States, pursuing a career as a nuclear physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
2 May 1944
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| Born | David John Millener 2 May 1944 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Physicist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | Fellow of the American Physical Society (1993) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Academic background | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis | Shell Model Studies in Light Nuclei (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Institutions | Brookhaven National Laboratory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–65 to 1967–68 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 to 1973 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education and career
Millener was born in Auckland. His father was a lecturer in botany at the University of Auckland. He attended Auckland Grammar School[2] before going on to the University of Auckland. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at St Catherine's College, Oxford,[3] where he gained a doctorate (D.Phil.) in physics in 1972 with a thesis entitled "Shell Model Studies in Light Nuclei".[4] He stayed on at Oxford as a post-doctoral fellow for three years.[5]
He moved to the United States to work at the Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton, New York, in 1976.[6] He worked there as a physicist until 2013, when he retired from full-time work, retaining the title of guest physicist. He specialised in research in nuclear structure and hyper-nuclear physics.[5] In 1993 the American Physical Society awarded him a Division of Nuclear Physics Fellowship, "For significant contributions to understanding the structure of light nuclei; particularly non-normal parity states and to hyper-nuclear spectroscopy and the application of SU(3) symmetries."[7] He has contributed more than 80 articles to scientific journals.[5]
Cricket
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Millener played regularly for the Auckland Plunket Shield team between 1964–65 and 1967–68. He played for Oxford University between 1969 and 1973.[8] He represented the United States in the 1982 ICC Trophy in England. His most successful first-class match was Oxford University's victory over D. H. Robins' XI in 1969, when he took 3 for 41 and 4 for 97.[9]