Background
Wollan was born in Massachusetts, attended Amherst College as an undergraduate physics major, and earned his Master"s and Doctor of Philosophy in physics at the University of Illinois in Urbana.
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David Wollan
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After earning his Doctor of Philosophy in 1966, Wollan was an assistant professor of physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute where he did research on electron and nuclear magnetic resonance of rare earth ionic crystals.
Career
He was a Fellow of the American Physical Society. In 1974, he went to the United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Arms Control and Disarmament Agency) as a physical science officer, and served on United States. delegations to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II and Strategic Arms Reduction Talks negotiations. In 1980 he was selected to attend the National War College, and was a distinguished graduate there in 1981.
In 1989, he was made chief of the Theater and Strategic Defense Division of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the office responsible for the American Business Media Treaty and related issues.
He held similar positions and responsibilities after Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was merged into the State Department in 1999. He evolved the role of his office to include development of shared early warning protocols with many foreign countries and the exploration of international "rules of the road" for space operations.
He retired from government service in 2008. Wollan was a significant contributor to the major arms control treaties of the Cold War.
In particular, he was responsible for developing technical definitions for key terms in the treaties, such as what constitutes a "cruise missile" for purposes of treaty limitations.
In 1998, he was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society "for leadership in the arms control of both offensive and defensive strategic arms, combining deep technical analysis with legal and diplomatic expertise regarding the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks I, and American Business Media treaties."
Missing him very much are Sarah East. Standish (daughter with first wife Christine), Barbra Wollan (second wife), Pierre Wollan (son with second wife Barbra) and their families. He will stay in their hearts forever. Live on Grandpa David!.
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American Physical Society.
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American