Alexander Fuller Burr

Background

Burr, Alexander Fuller was born on July 18, 1931 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alexander Carothers and Lillie (Fuller) Burr.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Jamestown College, 1953; Master of Arts, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.

Career

Physicist, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, Maryland., 1954; reseach assistant, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1958-1965; solid state physicist, Naval Reseach Laboratory, Washington, 1965-1966; assistant professor physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1966-1969; associate professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1969-1977; professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, since 1977. Senior visiting fellow U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1973. Chief scientist Duntech Industries, Las Cruces, 1979-1980.

Consultant International Atomic Energy Agency, Sri Lanka, 1981, Bangladesh, 1983, 85, Cameroon, 1988, El Salvador, 1990.

Achievements

• Alexander Fuller Burr has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Common Cause, New Mexico, since 1985. Served with United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New Mexico Academy Sciences (editor New Mexico Journal Sciences 1983-1986).

Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers (councillor since 1978, 2d prize apparatus competition 1973), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: amateur radio, photography, camping.

Connections

Married Marjorie McKinstry, August 18, 1962. Children: Margaret, Catherine, Susan.

Father:

Alexander Carothers Burr

Mother:

Lillie (Fuller) Burr

Spouse:

Marjorie McKinstry

child:

Catherine Burr

child:

Susan Burr

child:

Margaret Burr