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REMEMBER WHEN UI Physics and Astronomy faculty and staff in the 1950s. Back-front, left-right: K. Anderson, ?, F. Coester, J. Eldridge, ?; E. Nelson, S. Bashkin, F. Rohrlick, ?, F. McDonald; J. Jauch, E. Ray, J. Van Allen, E. Tyndall, J. Jacobs. Do you recognize the faculty or staff not identified here? If so, please contact us so we may fill in the blanks for the departmental archives. (Click the image to view at a larger size.)

1990s

Hsien-Chih Jean (PhD 1992) has joined Monterey Design Systems of Sunnyvale, CA, as a QA Manager.

Jerry Harrington (BS 1991) finished his MS and PhD degrees at Colorado State University in Atmospheric Sciences (1997). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the Geophysical Institute/Physics Department at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.

1980s

Mary Severson (BS 1988) works as an Instrumentation Technologist at the University of Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center in Stoughton, WI. She helps graduate students develop their knowledge of experimental equipment as well as designing, building, and maintaining beamlines on the storage rings. She has authored two papers and co-authored several concerning instrumentation for synchrotron radiation.

After receiving his PhD degree in nuclear physics at the University of Maryland at College Park (1987), David Mack (BA 1981) was a three-year postdoc at the Tri-University Meson Facility in Vancouver, BC. He then joined Hall C at CEBAF in Newport News, VA, during the construction phase. Now called TJNAF (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), he currently works as a Staff Scientist II, where he's involved in a busy program of intermediate energy electron scattering experiments.

1970s

Joel Weisberg (PhD 1978) is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Carleton College in Northfield, MN.

Michael Hotka (1977) is a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies in Denver, CO, where he writes software for telecommunication products. He also teaches general astronomy to local groups at public star parties, using his 12.5" f/8 telescope.

DEPARTMENTAL HISTORY In 1874, an observatory with the first 5" telescope west of the Mississippi River was built at the north end of Clinton Street, where the UI President's house now stands. The telescope was later moved to several locations throughout campus with its final move taking place in 1972 to Van Allen Hall. The telescope remained in service for research and student use until August 1995. (Click the image to view at a larger size.)

1960s

John Tanis (MS 1969) is Professor and Chair in the Department of Physics at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. He has been elected as an APS Fellow (1989) and a University Distinguished Faculty Scholar (1994), and he has had US DOE funding since 1983 involving his research on atomic collisions.

James Leeper (BA 1967) is a Professor at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He has been department chair since 1986 at the U. of Alabama, College of Community Health Sciences, Department of Behavioral and Community Medicine.

1950s

Donald Thompson (PhD 1953) is a retired consultant, Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering from Iowa State University in Ames, IA. He is also a Rockwell Int'l. Science Center Distinguished Fellow, Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), American Physical Society (APS) Fellow, and an IEEE Fellow. He currently resides in Clear Lake, IA.

1940s

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