| EDUCATION | |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Diploma, Phillips Exeter Academy |
| 1948 | A. B. Harvard University, summa cum laude |
| 1953 | Ph.D. Princeton University (physics) |
| EMPLOYMENT | |
| 1950-51 | Research Assistant, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |
| 1951-52 | Research Associate, Princeton University (Project Matterhorn) |
| 1953-58 | Research Associate to Associate Professor, Indiana University |
| 1958-64 | Associate Professor to Professor, Brandeis University Department Chair, 1963-64 |
| 1964-70 | Professor, University of California, Irvine Department Chair, 1964-68 Acting Dean of Physical Sciences, ~one year |
| 1970-75 | Professor, University of Massachusetts at Boston Department Chair, 1972-74 |
| 1975-82 | President, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology |
| 1982-83 | Executive Vice President, University of Maryland system |
| 1983-85 | President, Molecular Biophysics Technology, Inc. |
| 1986-87 | Education Officer, American Physical Society |
| 1987-93 | Executive Director and CEO, American Institute of Physics |
| 1993 – present | Self-employed: writer, editor |
| 1995-98 | Teacher, Germantown Academy (part time) |
| 1998-99 | Director of Science Programs, David and Lucile Packard Foundation |
| 2000-01 | Teacher, Germantown Friends School (part time) |
| 2001-02 | Consultant, John Templeton Foundation |
| Also occasional temporary appointments at Los Alamos, and consulting to aerospace firms. | |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| See Bibliography link above | |
| MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE (Selected) | |
| American Association of Physics Teachers |
President, 1972 American Journal of Physics, Associate Editor, 1974-77 The Physics Teacher, Editorial Board, 2000-2014 |
| American Physical Society |
Physical Review, Board of Editors, 1960-62 Chair, Forum on Physics and Society, 1981 Chair, Education Committee, 1985-86 Council member, 1984-87 Secretary-Treasurer, Forum on History of Physics, 2001-2004 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Council Member in the 1980s-1990s |
| Commission on College Physics |
Member, 1968-71 |
| HONORS (Selected) | |
| 1944 | Science Talent Search (Westinghouse) winner |
| 1944 | Prize for General Excellence, Phillips Exeter Academy |
| 1948 | Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Harvard College |
| 1955-56 | Fulbright Fellow, Max Planck Institut, Göttingen, Germany |
| 1961-62 | NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Imperial College, London, and M.I.T. |
| 1976 | Distinguished Service Citation, American Association of Physics Teachers |
| 2006 | Oersted Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers |
| Fellow, American Physical Society and AAAS | |
| PERSONAL | |
| See Personal link above | |