Harold Earl Bennett

Background

Bennett, Harold Earl was born on February 25, 1929 in Missoula, Montana, United States. Son of Edward Earl and Linda Queen (McCoy) Bennett.

Education

Bachelor, U. Montana, 1951; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1955.

Career

Graduate assistant, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1951-1955; physicist, Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio., 1955-1956; physicist, Naval Air Warfare Center (name Naval Weapons Center 1964-1993), China Lake, California, 1956-1962; research physicist, Naval Air Warfare Center (name Naval Weapons Center 1964-1993), China Lake, California, 1962-1995; retired, Naval Air Warfare Center (name Naval Weapons Center 1964-1993), China Lake, California, 1995; associate head research department physics division, Naval Air Warfare Center (name Naval Weapons Center 1964-1993), China Lake, California, 1972-1991; consultant optical physics, Quoin Inc., Ridgecrest, California, since 1995; president, Bennett Optical Research Inc., Ridgecrest, since 1995; chair, Space Applications Committee, IWV 2000 Organisation, Ridgecrest, California, since 1996. Co-chairman Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 1979-1996.

Achievements

• Harold Earl Bennett has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, optics researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Indian Wells Valley Community Concert Association, Ridgecrest, California, l974-75. Senior fellow Naval Weapons Center, 1990. Member California Republican State Control Committee.

Fellow Optical Society American (associate editor Journal 1968-1979, board directors 1972-1975), International Society for Optical Engineering (board directors 1985-1987, vice president 1987, president 1988, Technology Achievement award 1983, organizer and chair Laser Power Beaming II Conference 1995, chair Free Electron Laser Challenges Conference 1997), Maturango Museum (life).

Connections

Married Jean Louise McPherson, August l7, l952 (divorced November l984). Married Dorothy Jean Searles, November l7, l984. Children: Jeanie Nybo, Dorothy Ann Picking.

Father:

Edward Earl Bennett

Mother:

Linda Queen (McCoy) Bennett

Spouse:

Jean Louise McPherson

Spouse:

Dorothy Jean Searles

child:

Dorothy Ann Picking Bennett

child:

Jeanie Nybo Bennett