Gordon Smith Grossart

Background

Grossart, Gordon Smith was born on December 7, 1923 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. Son of William and Isabella Fiddes (Smith) Grossart.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, University Glasgow, 1943.

Career

Manager, high vacuum department Vacuum Industrial Applications, Ltd., Wishaw, Scotland, 1947-1958; section leader, Nimrod Vacuum Group Rutherford Laboratory, S.R.C., Chilton, England, 1958-1963; group leader, Nimrod Vacuum Group Rutherford Laboratory, S.R.C., Chilton, 1963-1966; manager, Nimrod Experimental Areas Rutherford Laboratory S.E.R.C., Chilton, 1966-1968; deputy group leader, Nimrod Mech. Engineering Rutherford Appleton Laboratory S.E.R.C., Chilton, 1968-1979; group leader, Isis Mech. Engineering Rutherford Appleton Laboratory S.E.R.C., 1980-1988.

Member vacuum technical committee British Standards Institution, London, 1962-1976, delegate Iternat. Standards Organisation, Geneva Switzerland, 1962-1976. Member Joint British Committee for Vacuum Science and Technology, London, 1964-1969.

Achievements

• Gordon Smith Grossart has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain Royal Elec. and Mech. Engineers, 1943-1947. Member Institution of Electrical Engineers, Institute Physics (vacuum group committee 1976-1978, vice chairman 1978-1980, chairman 1981-1984), American Vacuum Society.

Interests

• Avocations: caravanning, walking, photography.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Clark Brown, March 29, 1952. Children: June Elizabeth, Pauline Smith, Fiona Jane.

Father:

William Grossart

Mother:

Isabella Fiddes (Smith) Grossart

Spouse:

Elizabeth Clark Brown

child:

June Elizabeth Grossart

child:

Fiona Jane Grossart

child:

Pauline Smith Grossart