James Walter Ring

Background

Ring, James Walter was born on February 24, 1929 in Worcester, New York, United States. Son of Carlyle Conwell and Lois (Tooley) Ring.

Education

AB, Hamilton College, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy (Root fellow), U. Rochester, 1958.

Career

Assistant professor physics, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1957-1962; associate professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1962-1969; professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, since 1969; Winslow professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, since 1975; department chairman physics, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1968-1980, 87-88; department chairman physics, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 91-92; radiation safety Officer, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1964-1984; engineering liaison officer, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, since 1969. Attached physicist Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England, 1965-1966. Visiting physicist Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford (England) University, 1973;visiting fellow Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University, 1981.

Visiting scientist Laboratory for Heating and Air Conditioning, Danish Technology U., Copenhagen, 1987.

Achievements

• James Walter Ring has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1987-1992), American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Agnes Elizabeth Muir, July 18, 1959. 1 son, Andrew James.

Father:

Carlyle Conwell Ring

Mother:

Lois (Tooley) Ring

Spouse:

Agnes Elizabeth Muir