Jack Castle Overley

Background

Overley, Jack Castle was born on August 23, 1932 in Kalamazoo. Son of Christopher H. and Ida Maureen (Castleton) Overley.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954 Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1961.

Career

Research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1960-1961; visiting associate, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1975-1976; research fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1961-1963; assistant professor physics, Yale University, New Haven, 1963-1968; assistant director Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, 1966-1968; associate professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1968-1983; assistant dean science services, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1973-1975; professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, since 1983; associate department chairman physics, director graduate studies, U. Oregon, Eugene, since 1984. Visitor School Physics U. Melbourne, Brookhaven National Laboratory, U. Oxford, 1987-1988. Member People-to-People Physics Education delegation People's Republic of China, 1991.

Achievements

• Jack Castle Overley has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Madgil Adelaide Fox, July 6, 1959.

Father:

Christopher H. Overley

Mother:

Ida Maureen (Castleton) Overley

Spouse:

Madgil Adelaide Fox