Frederick Andrew White

Background

White, Frederick Andrew was born on March 11, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Andrew Bracken and Mildred (Witzel) White.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1940. Master of Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1941. Postgraduate, University Rochester, New York City, 1943—1946.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1959.

Career

Inspector, United States Army Ordnance, Rochester, New York, 1941-1943; research assistant, Manhattan project U. Rochester, 1943-1945; graduate instructor research Manhattan project, U. Rochester, 1946; research assistant, research associate, consultant physicist, General Electric Company Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, 1947-1962; Adjunct Professor nuclear science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1961-1962; professor nuclear engineering and environmental engineering, industrial liaison scientist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1962-1981; professor emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, since 1981; staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, 1969; research and liaison scientist, Rochester Gas & Electric County, New York, 1978-1996; Adjunct Professor physics, State University of New York, Albany, 1981-1988. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1965. Organist and acoustic consultant, since 1952.

Achievements

• Frederick Andrew White has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Mass Spectrometry: Applications in Science and Engineering

    (An interdisciplinary overview of modern mass spectrometry...)

  • Our Acoustic Environment
  • Mass Spectrometry in Science and Technology

Membership

Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Optical Society of America, American Guild Organists.

Connections

Married Dorothy Janet Sibley, November 7, 1942 (deceased). Children: Wendell William, Lawrence Sibley, Eric Sibley, Roger Randolph (deceased).

Father:

Andrew Bracken White

Mother:

Mildred (Witzel) White

Spouse:

Dorothy Janet Sibley

child:

Wendell William White

child:

Lawrence Sibley White

child:

Eric Sibley White

child:

Roger Randolph White (deceased)