Gordon Harold Dunn

Background

Dunn, Gordon Harold was born on October 11, 1932 in Montpelier, Idaho, United States. Son of Jesse Harold and Winifred Roma (Williams) Dunn.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Washington, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Washington, 1961.

Career

National Research Council postdoctoral research associate, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1961-1962; physicist, National Bureau Standards/Join Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1962-1977; chief quantum physics division, National Bureau Standards/Join Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, Colorado, 1977-1985; senior scientist, National Institute Standards/Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, since 1985. Lecturer department physics U. Colorado, Boulder, 1964-1974, Adjunct Professor, since 1974. Commerce science fellow Commision on Science & Technology, United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1975-1976.

Chairman of Commission on atomic molecular & optical science National Research Council, Washington, since 1990, vice-chair, 1989-1990, member committee, 1983-1986. Member National Research Council Panel on Instruments and Facilities, Washington, 1983-1984, National Research Council Panel on Ion Storage Rings for Atomic Physics, 1985-1988. Member general committee International Conference on Physics of Electron & Atomic Collisions, 1969-1973, member program committee, 1974-1975.

Chairman Gaseous Electronics Conference, 1968-1969, committee member, 1966-1970, secretary, 1967-1968. Chairman Atomic Processes in High Temperature Plasmas, 1980-1981, committee member, 1977-1981, co-secretary, 1978-1979. Co-organizer North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute, 1984-1985, United States-Japan Workshop, 1985-1986.

Board editors Journal Physical & Chemical Reference Data, since 1990.

Achievements

• Gordon Harold Dunn has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Boulder, 1967-1972, 87-88. Coach, league president Little League, Boulder, 1966-1971, 76-77. President Parent-Teacher Orgns., Boulder, 1973, 75.

Bishop Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church, Boulder, 1977-1982. Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division atomic & molecular physics 1989-1990,vice-chair 1988-1989, member Executive Committee 1969, 85-88, 91, Davisson-Germerprize 1984), Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics.

Interests

• Avocations: jogging, skiing, dancing, hunting, camping.

Connections

Married Donetta Dayton, September 25, 1952. Children: Jesse Lamont, Randall Dayton, Michael Scott, Brian Eugene, David Edward, Susan, Harold Paul, Richard Elzo.

Father:

Jesse Harold Dunn

Mother:

Winifred Roma (Williams) Dunn

Spouse:

Donetta Dayton

child:

David Edward Dunn

child:

Michael Scott Dunn

child:

Harold Paul Dunn

child:

Brian Eugene Dunn

child:

Jesse Lamont Dunn

child:

Susan Dunn

child:

Randall Dayton Dunn

child:

Richard Elzo Dunn