Background
Beard, Charles Irvin was born on November 30, 1916 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Vivian Dangerfield and Sara (See) Beard.
Beard, Charles Irvin was born on November 30, 1916 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Vivian Dangerfield and Sara (See) Beard.
Bachelor of Science in E.E, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.
Engineering assistant, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1938-1939; senior physicist, Magnolia Petroleum laboratories, Dallas, 1948-1950; senior physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., 1950-1956; senior engineering specialist, Sylvania Electronic Defense Laboratory, Mountain View, California, 1956-1962; member of staff, Boeing Science Research Laboratory, Seattle, 1962-1971; research physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1971-1982.
Served to major Signal Corps United States Army, 1941-1946. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (John Bolljahn Memorial award 1962), American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Science Radio Union (chairman Commission F. 1970-1973, United States national committee 1974-1976), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Theta Tau, Kappa Sigma.
Married Nancy Lee Jones, June 20, 1948. Children: Charles Clifford, William David.