Bruce Magill Whitcomb

Background

Whitcomb, Bruce Magill was born on June 9, 1943 in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Son of Stuart Estes and Katherine Whitcomb.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, Earlham College, 1965; Master of Science in Physics, U. Missouri at Rolla, 1967; postgraduate, Purdue University, 1967-1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Nevada at Reno, 1988.

Career

Assistant graduate teacher, Physics Department, University Missouri at Rolla, 1965-1967; assistant graduate teacher, Phyics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1967-1969; research assistant, Thermophys. Property Research Center, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1969-1971; assistant graduate teacher, Physics Dept, U. Nevada at Reno, 1974-1977; research associate, Desert Research Institute, U. Nevada at Reno, 1976-1981; section head and electro-optics scientist, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer/Energy Measurements, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1981-1991; manager Research and Development program, Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer/Energy Measurements, Las Vegas, Nevada, since 1991. Instructor Physics Department, U. Nevada at Las Vegas, since 1985.

Achievements

• Bruce Magill Whitcomb has been listed as a notable Electro-optics scientist and educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Optical Society American, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Interests

• Avocation: sailing.

Connections

Married Trudi Lillian Carley, August 5, 1967 (divorced August 1974). Children: Tara Brandylane, Heathera Paige, Hans David.

Father:

Stuart Estes Whitcomb

Mother:

Katherine Whitcomb

Spouse:

Trudi Lillian Carley

child:

Hans David Whitcomb

child:

Heathera Paige Whitcomb

child:

Tara Brandylane Whitcomb