Horace Hunter Coburn

Background

Coburn, Horace Hunter was born on May 10, 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles A. and Viola M. (Hunter) Coburn.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1943; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1956.

Career

Physicist, Manhattan District, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1944-1946; associate professor physics, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1950-1951; professor, retired, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1954-1993; science advisor, Las Cruces (New Mexico) School Sys., since 1994. Lecturer United States Agency for International Development, India, 1966, 69.

Achievements

• Horace Hunter Coburn has been listed as a noteworthy physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Optical Society American, American Association Physics Teachers, National Science Teachers Association.

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, gardening.

Connections

Married Hope Pleyl, December 24, 1947;children: Lynn L., Carol A., James H.

Father:

Charles A. Coburn

Mother:

Viola M. (Hunter) Coburn

Spouse:

Hope Pleyl

child:

Carol A. Coburn

child:

Lynn L. Coburn

child:

James H. Coburn