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Zorn, Gus Tom was born on June 18, 1924 in Ada, Oklahoma, United States.
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Gus Tom Zorn
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Gus Tom Zorn, American Physics educator. Achievements include participation in best measurement of new Z particle, i.e., mass, width and cross section. Research Board grantee U. Maryland., 1978, 88. With infantry United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Physical Society; member of New York Academy Science.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical, 1948; Master of Science in Physics, U. New Mexico, 1953; Dott. in Fisica, Padua U., 1954.
Career
Assistant in physics, Institute di Fisica, Padua, Italy, 1951-1954; research associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1954-1956; associate physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1956-1962; associate professor physics, U. Maryland., College Park, 1962-1972; professor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1972. Visiting scientist Max Planck Institute Physics, Munich, Federal Republic Germany, 1958. Visiting physicist Desy Laboratory, Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1984.
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Membership
With infantry United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Physical Society. Member of New York Academy Science.
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Son of Charles August and Nell (McLachlan) Z.
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