Howard Charles Long

Background

Long, Howard Charles was born on December 12, 1918 in Seizholtzville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Howard William and Isabella Geneva (Reese) Long.

Education

Bachelor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1941. Postgraduate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1948.

Career

Assistant professor physics, Washington and Jefferson College, 1948-1951; head, Electromagnetism Influence Fields secretary, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1951-1952; associate professor, department chairman physics, American U., 1952-1953; professor physics, department chairman, Gettysburg College, 1953-1959; professor physics, Dickinson College, 1959-1981; department chairman, Dickinson College, 1963-1975; Joseph Priestley Chair of Natural Philosophy, Dickinson College, 1973; professor emeritus, Dickinson College, since 1981. Consultant physicist Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland., 1952-1973, McCoy Electronics Company, Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, 1958-1959.

Achievements

• Howard Charles Long has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator emeritus by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Boy Scouts American Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. Member American Association Physics Teachers (secretary-treasurer Central Pennsylvania section 1958-1959,vice president 1959-1960, president 1960-1961), A.A.U.P. (secretary-treasurer Dickinson chapter 1963-1964, vice president 1964-1965, president 1965-1966), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Cumberland Conservancy.

Connections

Married Frances Monroe Hoke, April 16, 1945. Children– Howard Charles, David William, Carol Joyce.

Father:

Howard William Long

Mother:

Isabella Geneva (Reese) Long

Spouse:

Frances Monroe Hoke

child:

Howard Charles Long

child:

David William Long

child:

Carol Joyce Long