Background
Skelton, Earl Franklin was born on April 8, 1940 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Floyd and Frances (Rucker) Skelton.
research physicist engineering educator
Skelton, Earl Franklin was born on April 8, 1940 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Floyd and Frances (Rucker) Skelton.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Fairleigh Dickinson U., 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967.
Research physicist Benet Weapons Laboratory, Watervliet Arsenal, 1961-1962;
research associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1967;
postdoctoral associate NAS- National Research Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1967-1968;
research physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1968-1976;
supervisory research physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, since 1976. Liaison scientist Office Naval Research, United States Embassy, Tokyo, 1978. Lecturer physics Prince George's Community College, 1968-1973.
Associate professorial lecturer engineering George Washington University, 1974-1979, professorial lecturer, since 1979, Adjunct Professor department physics, since 1996. Lecturer graduate school department chemical engineering U. Maryland., 1975-1980, associate member laboratory high presure science, 1977-1980. Visiting scholar synchrotron radiation laboratory Stanford University, 1980-1981, elected mem.users Executive Committee, 1983.
Elected member users Executive Committee national synchrotron light source Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1989, 90, 91, 92. Research affiliate Hawaii Institute Geophysics U. Hawaii, 1982-1986.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member Sons of the American Revolution, American Crystallographic Association, Sigma Xi(Pure Science Research award NRL chapter 1995).
Married Anita Patton, June 17, 1962 (divorced 1984). Children: Diana Lynn, Isaac Patton. Married Thelma Francesca Fried, October 19, 1986.