Donald John Williams

Background

Williams, Donald John was born on December 25, 1933 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Toivo John and Ina (Kokkinen) Williams.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1955; Master of Science, Yale University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1962.

Career

Senior staff physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1961-1965; head particle physics branch, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965-1970; director, Space Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 1970-1982; principal investigator, Energetic Particles experiment National Aeronautics and Space Administration Galileo Mission, since 1977; principal staff physicist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 1982-1989; director Milton S. Eisenhower Research Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 1990-1996; chief scientist research center, since 1996. Member of national and international science planning committees. Chairman NAS commission on solar-terrestrial research, 1989-1993.

Member science advisory board United States Air Force, 1993-1997.

Achievements

• Donald John Williams has been listed as a noteworthy Research physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States Air Force Science Advisory Board, 1994-1998. Lieutenant United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Fellow American Geophysical Society.

Member American Physical Society, International Association Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (president 1991-1995), International Academy Astronautics, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Priscilla Mary Gagnon, July 4, 1953. Children: Steven John, Craig Mitchell, Eino Stenroos.

Father:

Toivo John Williams

Mother:

Ina (Kokkinen) Williams

Spouse:

Priscilla Mary Gagnon

child:

Steven John Williams

child:

Eino Stenroos Williams

child:

Craig Mitchell Williams