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Edmonds, Dean Stockett was born on December 24, 1924 in New York City. Son of Dean Stockett and Mary Watkins (Arms) Edmonds.
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Dean Stockett Edmonds, American Physicist, educator, director. Achievements include research in molecular beams leading to cesium atomic clock, the present international time standard; development of the racetrackmicrotron accelerator for cancer therapy. Recipient Special Merit award American Association Physics Teachers.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1952.
Career
Co-founder, vice-president, director, Nuclide Corporation, 1958-1965;
assistant professor physics College Liberal Arts, Boston University, 1961-1967;
associate professor physics, Boston University, 1967-1983;
professor physics, Boston University, 1983-1991;
professor emeritus, Boston University, since 1991;
co-founder, president, chairman, Tachisto Laser Sys., Inc., 1971-1985;
director, chief science advisory board, General Ionex Inc., 1974-1985;
regional vice-president, director, National Aeronautic Association, since 1988. Visiting professor physics U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1972-1974. Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1961.
Guest physics department Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1961.
Achievements
Membership
Master sergeant United States Army, 1943-1947, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, Institute Radio Engineers, Cosmos Club Washington, St. Botolph Club, Sigma Xi (president Boston University chapter 1984-1986).
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Married Mary Louise Wilson, July 28, 1951 (deceased May 1978). Children: Dean Stockett III, Louis Round Wilson, Ann Helene Edmonds Mahoney, Elizabeth Vaiden. Married Wendy Nickerson Adams, November 7, 1993.
