Background
Dodd, Jack Gordon was born on June 19, 1926 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Jack Gordon and Mary Ida (Stuart) Dodd.
Dodd, Jack Gordon was born on June 19, 1926 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Jack Gordon and Mary Ida (Stuart) Dodd.
Student, State College Washington, 1946-1948; Bachelor of Science in Physics, Illinois Institute Technology, 1951; Master of Science in Physics, U. Arkansas, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Arkansas, 1965.
With, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1951-1953; teacher, Fourche Valley High School, 1953-1955, 56-57; assistant professor, Drury College, 1957-1960; associate professor, Arkansas Polytechnic College, 1960-1965; associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965-1969; Charles A. Dana professor physics and astronomy, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1969-1987; retired, Colgate University, 1988; vice president, Spectrum Square, Ithaca, New York, since 1987. Consultant on physical optics, microscopy, detonation theory, spectral and image data processing.
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, Optical Society American, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Ann Howell, June 11,1951. Children— Jeffrey John, Laura Jean.