Barry Norman Taylor

Background

Taylor, Barry Norman was born on March 27, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Morris and Sarah (Weiss) Taylor.

Education

AB, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1957; Master of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1963.

Career

Instructor, then assistant professor physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1966; member technical staff, Radio Corporation of America Research laboratories, 1966-1970; chief absolute electrical measurements section, National Bureau Standards (name changed to National Institute of Standards and Technology 1988), Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1970-1974; administrator The National Institute of Standards and Technology Precision Measurement Grants Program, National Bureau Standards (name changed to National Institute of Standards and Technology 1988), Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1974; chief electricity division, National Bureau Standards (name changed to National Institute of Standards and Technology 1988), Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1974-1989; manager, Fundamental Cons. Data Center, since 1989. Instructor Rider College, Trenton, New Jersey, 1969-1970.

Member, chairperson national and international technical committees.

Achievements

• Barry Norman Taylor has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • PRECISION MEASUREMENT AND FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS II: Proceedings of the Second International Conference Held at the National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, MD, June 8-12, 1981
  • Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society (chair topical group on fundamental constants and precise tests of physical laws 1990-1992), Washington Academy Sciences. Member Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sheila Anne Cohen, December 28, 1958. Children: Deborah Susan, David Joel, Denise Beth.

Father:

Morris Taylor

Mother:

Sarah (Weiss) Taylor

Spouse:

Sheila Anne Cohen

child:

Denise Beth Taylor

child:

David Joel Taylor

child:

Deborah Susan Taylor