Background
Smith, George Wolfram was born on September 19, 1932 in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States. Son of Murray Sawyer and Alice Lucile (Wolfram) Smith.
Smith, George Wolfram was born on September 19, 1932 in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States. Son of Murray Sawyer and Alice Lucile (Wolfram) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, Knox College, 1954; Master of Arts, Rice U., 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., 1958.
Welch Foundation fellow, Rice U., 1958-1959;
senior research physicist, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, 1959-1976;
department research scientist, General Motors, 1976-1981;
senior staff research scientist, General Motors, 1981-1987;
principal research scientist, General Motors, since 1987. Lecturer physics and astronomy Cranbrook Institute Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1963-1987, member science advising committee, since 1989. Instructor Lawrence Institute Technology, 1963-1965.
Vice chairman Gordon Research Conference on Orientational Disorder in Crystals, 1976, chairman, 1978. Co-chairman International Symposium on Particulate Carbon, 1980. Member review committee Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent (Ohio)State University, 1984-1985.
Member of advisory committee Conference on Electrorheological Fluids, 1991, 93. Member of advisory board National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Advanced LiquidCrystalline Optical Materials, since 1996.
Member Michigan Regimental Civil War Roundtable, since 1965, president, 1971-1972. Fellow American Physical Society (commission on applications of physics 1988-1991, Chairman.1991, Chairman of Commission on tutorials 1991, member Pake Prize Committee 1993-1994). Member Society Information Display (program committee 1990-1993), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (chapter president 1980-1981), Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Delta.
Married Mary Lee Sackett, September 7, 1956. Children— Dean, Grant.