Bille Chandler Carlson

Background

Carlson, Bille Chandler was born on June 27, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Rudolph and Henrietta C. (Peabody) Carlson.

Education

Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1941; Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1947; A.M., Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes scholar), U. Oxford, 1950.

Career

Member staff radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1943-1944; instructor, research associate, Princeton, 1950-1954; member of faculty, Iowa State University, since 1954; professor physics, Iowa State University, 1961-1981; professor mathematics, Iowa State University, 1965-1990; professor emeritus, Iowa State University, since 1990; senior physicist, Ames Laboratory unites states department Energy, 1961-1990. Senior research fellow mathematics California Institute Technology, 1962-1963. Visitor Institut Henri Poincaré, U. Paris, 1971-1972.

Visiting professor Institute for Physical Science.and Technology, U. Maryland., 1980-1981.

Achievements

• Bille Chandler Carlson has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Mathematics Society, Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Association, American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Louise Winston, May30, 1947. Children: Marian Bille, John Russell.

Father:

John Rudolph Carlson

Mother:

Henrietta C. (Peabody) Carlson

Spouse:

Louise Winston

child:

John Russell Carlson

child:

Marian Bille Carlson