Background
Palmer, Charles Harvey was born on December 8, 1919 in Milwaukee. Son of Charles Harvey and Grace Hambleton (Ober) Palmer.
Palmer, Charles Harvey was born on December 8, 1919 in Milwaukee. Son of Charles Harvey and Grace Hambleton (Ober) Palmer.
Bachelor of Science in Physics magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1941. Master of Arts in Physics, Harvard University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1951.
Staff member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, 1942-1945; assistant professor, then associate professor physics, Bucknell U., Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1950-1954; research associate, Laboratory Astrophysics and Physical Meteorology, Baltimore, 1954-1960; assistant professor electrical engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1960-1964; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1964-1979; professor electrical engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1979-1992; professor emeritus, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 1992. Consultant Caterpillar Tractor Company, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Bendix Radio.
(Book by Palmer, C. Harvey)
Fellow Optical Society of America. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Hall Machen, September 11, 1948. Children: Charles Harvey III, Helen Palmer Stevens.