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Meyer, Axel was born on March 3, 1926 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Fred and Anna Elizabeth (Olsen) Meyer.
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Axel Meyer
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Axel Meyer, American Physics educator. Achievements include research on electronic and structural propertiesof liquid metals and alloys. Grantee Research Corporation U. Florida, 1958, British Science Research Council (now Science Engineering Research Council of United Kingdom), summers 1968, 71, 73, 79, 80, 79-80, Canada National Research Council grantee, summer 1975, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1986-1989.
Education
Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, 1948; Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, City College of New York, 1950; Master of Science in Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Illinois Institute Technology, 1956.
Career
Assistant professor, U. Florida, 1955-1958; associate professor, U. Florida, 1958-1959; physicist neutron physics and solid state divisions, Oak Ridge National Lab, 1959-1967; research participant, Oak Ridge National Lab, summers 1956, 57; associate professor physics, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, 1967-1969; professor, Northern Illinois U., 1969-1972; professor emeritus, Northern Illinois U., since 1992; member University Council, Northern Illinois U., 1971-1972. Teacher physics Northern Illinois U., 1994, 95. Researcher U. Valledolid, Spain, summer 1991, U.East Anglia, United Kingdom, 1992.
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Membership
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow Institute Physics London. Member American Physical Society, Union Concerned Scientists, Sigma Xi.
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Married Cecile Paul, December 17, 1950;children: Carla, Linda, Frederick.
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Grantee Research Corporation U. Florida, 1958, British Science Research Council (now Science Engineering Research Council of United Kingdom), summers 1968, 71, 73, 79, 80, 79-80, Canada National Research Council grantee, summer 1975, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1986-1989.Grantee Research Corporation U. Florida, 1958, British Science Research Council (now Science Engineering Research Council of United Kingdom), summers 1968, 71, 73, 79, 80, 79-80, Canada National Research Council grantee, summer 1975, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1986-1989.