Background
Kimball, Clyde William was born on April 20, 1928 in Laurium, Michigan, United States. Son of Clyde D. and Gertrude M. (O'Neil) Kimball.
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Clyde William Kimball
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Michigan College Mining and Technology, 1950; Master of Science, Michigan College Mining and Technology, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, St. Saint Louis University, 1959.
Career
Staff scientist aeronutronic division, Ford Company, 1960-1962;
associate physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1962-1964;
professor physics, Northern Illinois U., De Kalb, since 1964;
Presidential research chair, Northern Illinois U., De Kalb, 1982-1986;
research professor, Northern Illinois U., 1986-1988;
distinguished professor, Northern Illinois U., since 1989;
advisor to president science and technical, Northern Illinois U., De Kalb, 1982-1988. Program director low temperature physics Materials Research Division, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1978-1979. Chair, Board of Governors Consortium for Advanced RadiationSources, since 1994.
Executive Committee Basic Energy Science Synchrotron Research Center,1994-.
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Membership
Served with United States Army, 1952-1954. Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi.
