Alfred Romer

Background

Romer, Alfred was born on August 9, 1906 in Pleasantville, New York, United States. Son of Henry Hunt and Jessie Ellis (McEwan) Romer.

Education

Bachelor, Williams College, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1935. Doctor of Science, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1979.

Career

Assistant in chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1928-1929; from assistant professor to professor physics, Whittier (California) College, 1933-1943; associate professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1943-1946; from associate professor to professor physics, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1946-1973; Henry Priest professor physics, St. Lawrence University, Canton, 1964; professor emeritus, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, since 1973. Visiting professor of history University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975. Visiting fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940-1941, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1955-1956.

Director summer institutions various colleges.

Achievements

• Alfred Romer has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Restless Atom by Romer, Alfred (1982) Paperback
  • The Restless Atom by Alfred Romer (1982-06-03)
  • The Restless Atom: The awakening of nuclear physics Science Study Series
  • The Restless Atom
  • The Restless Atom: the awakening of nuclear physics (Science study series, S12)
  • THE RESTLESS ATOM the Awakening of Nuclear Pyhysics

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Association Physics Teacher. (acting editor 1962-1963, secretary 1966-1970, Distinguished Service citation 1964), History of Science Society, Society for History of Technology.

Connections

Married Emily Greene Korstad, September 6, 1933. Children: Henry Fiske, Anne Romer Teppo, William Maya.

Father:

Henry Hunt Romer

Mother:

Jessie Ellis (McEwan) Romer

Spouse:

Emily Greene Korstad

child:

Anne Romer Teppo Romer

child:

William Maya Romer

child:

Henry Fiske Romer