Frank Crawford Shoemaker

Background

Shoemaker, Frank Crawford was born on March 26, 1922 in Ogden, Utah, United States. Son of Roy Hopkins and Sarah Parker (Anderson) Shoemaker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Whitman College, 1943; Honorary Doctor of Science, Whitman College, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1949.

Career

Staff member Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1945; instructor physics, University of Wisconsin, 1949-1950; member of faculty, Princeton University, 1950-1989; professor physics, Princeton University, 1962-1989, emeritus, since 1989; associate director, Princeton University Pennsylvania Accelerator, 1962-1966. Visiting scientist Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, 1965-1966. Main acceleratorsect. head National Accelerator Laboratory, 1968-1969.

Principal investigator Department of Energy High Energy Physics Contract, 1972-1985.

Achievements

• Frank Crawford Shoemaker has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Ruth Elizabeth Nelson, July 11, 1944. Children— Barbara Elaine, Mary Frances.

Father:

Roy Hopkins Shoemaker

Mother:

Sarah Parker (Anderson) Shoemaker

Spouse:

Ruth Elizabeth Nelson