Background
Tomkins, Frank Sargent was born on June 24, 1915 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Irene Eugenie (Gouin) Tomkins.
Tomkins, Frank Sargent was born on June 24, 1915 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Irene Eugenie (Gouin) Tomkins.
Bachelor of Science, Kalamazoo College, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy (Parke-Davis fellow), Michigan State University, 1941.
Physicist, Buick Aviation Engine Division, Melrose Park, Illinois, 1941-1942; scientist, Manhattan Project University of Chicago, 1943-1945; senior scientist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, since 1945; group leader, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, since 1944; United States delegate, 2d International Conference on Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, 1958; consultant, Bendix Corporation, Cincinnati, 1963-1969; associate, Harvard College Observatory, since 1978. Chairman of the Board Pegasus Enterprises, Inc.
Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society of America (William F. Meggers award 1977). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Societe Francaise de Physique, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Ann Lynch, January 6, 1964. 1 son, Frank Sargent.