June Lorraine Matthews (born August 1, 1939) is an American nuclear physicist.
June Lorraine Matthews was born August 1, 1939, to Mildred and Ralph Matthews and is the eldest granddaughter of Harlow Shapley.
[1] Matthews completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota in 1960 and her PhD in 1967, titled The high energy nuclear photoeffect in light elements.
From 1994 to 1998 she was Academic Officer in the Physics Department at MIT.
[3] In 2000 she was made director of Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT.