Background
Clark, George Whipple was born on August 31, 1928 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Keep and Margaret (Whipple) Clark.
Clark, George Whipple was born on August 31, 1928 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Keep and Margaret (Whipple) Clark.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952.
Instructor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1952-1954, assistant professor, 1954-1960, associate professor, 1960-1965, professor, 1965-1998, Breene M. Kerr professor physics, 1984-1995, professor emeritus, since 1996. Consultant, director American Science and Engineering, Inc., Cambridge, 1958-1969. Director Association Universities for Research in Astronomy, Washington, 1982-1990.
Contributor articles to professional journal.
Fellow: American Astronomy Society, American Physical Society. Member: American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences.
Carpentry', tennis, sailing.
Married Elizabeth Kister, December 1956 (divorced 1972). Children: Katherine, Jacqueline. Married Charlotte Huston Reischer, January 1988.