David Otis Welch

Background

Welch, David Otis was born on March 9, 1938 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Otis Washington and Sarah Edith (Alexander) Welch.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Tennessee, 1960; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962; Philosophy Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1964.

Career

North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell, Didcot, England, 1964-1965; assistant professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1966-1972; associate physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1972-1975; physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1975-1990; assistant division head, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1982-1990; division head, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1990-1991; senior physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1990; deputy division head, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1992. Visiting professor materials science U. São Paulo, Brazil, 1970, U. Campinas, Brazil, 1988. Adjunct Professor materials science State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1979.

Achievements

• David Otis Welch has been listed as a notable Materials scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Katherine Kertesz, 1961 (divorced 1975). Children: Wendy Margaret, Alison Edith. Married Sharon Doyle, 1978.

Father:

Otis Washington Welch

Mother:

Sarah Edith (Alexander) Welch

Spouse:

Sharon Doyle

Spouse:

Katherine Kertesz

child:

Alison Edith Welch

child:

Wendy Margaret Welch