Background
Pipkin, Francis Marion was born on November 27, 1925 in Marianna, Arkansas, United States. Son of Larry Stewart and Augusta Pearl (Hill) Pipkin.
Pipkin, Francis Marion was born on November 27, 1925 in Marianna, Arkansas, United States. Son of Larry Stewart and Augusta Pearl (Hill) Pipkin.
Student, University Kansas, 1943-1944; student, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1946-1947; Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1950; Master of Arts, Princeton, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1954.
Junior fellow, Society Fellows, Harvard University, 1954-1957; member of faculty, Society Fellows, Harvard University, from 1957; professor physics, Society Fellows, Harvard University, 1964-1976; Baird professor science, Society Fellows, Harvard University, 1976-1988; associate dean, Harvard and Radcliffe colleges, 1974-1977. Helped plan and oversee Cambridge Electron Accelerator. Researcher particle physics Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, SynchrotonLab., Cornell Univercity.
Served with United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Phyllis Burr, June 14, 1958. Children— Jane, Augusta.