David Lewis Spears

Background

Spears, David Lewis was born on July 22, 1940 in Belvidere, Illinois, United States. Son of Richie Russell and Marcella Louise (Wright) Spears.

Education

Bachelor, Monmouth (Illinois) College, 1962; Master of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1969.

Career

Staff member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1969-1984; assistant group leader, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, since 1984. Ad hoc committee Air Force Science Advisory Board, Washington, 1983.

Achievements

• David Lewis Spears has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Cubmaster Boy Scouts of America, 1972-1976, commissioner, Lunnenberg, Massachusetts, 1976-1978. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Optical Society of America (sensor group chairman 1983-1985).

Connections

Married Shirley Christine Olsson, June 9, 1962 (divorced July 1980). Children: David Mark, Warren Olsson. Married Marcia Anne Bradley, May 27, 1989.

Father:

Richie Russell Spears

Mother:

Marcella Louise (Wright) Spears

Spouse:

Marcia Anne Bradley

Spouse:

Shirley Christine Olsson

child:

Warren Olsson Spears

child:

David Mark Spears