Background
Olness, Dolores Urquiza was born on March 20, 1935 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Manuel Alvarez and Josephine (Wyrick) Urquiza.
Olness, Dolores Urquiza was born on March 20, 1935 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Manuel Alvarez and Josephine (Wyrick) Urquiza.
AB, Duke U., 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1961.
Research associate, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1961; research associate, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1961-1963; physicist, University of California Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1963-1967, 74-93; retired, 1993; consultant, University of California Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1967-1968.
Member American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters, American Physical Society, California Academy Sciences.
Married Robert J. Olness, June 17, 1957. Children: James M., Gwen E., Michael F.