James Wesley York

Background

York, James Wesley was born on July 3, 1939 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Wesley and Mary Smedes (Poyner) York.

Education

Bachelor of Science with high honors in Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1966.

Career

Assistant professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1965-1968; research associate, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1968-1969; lecturer, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1969-1970; assistant professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1970-1973; associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973-1977; professor department physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977-1989; Agnew H. Bahnson, Junior distinguished professor physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1989; director Institute Field Physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984-1990; visiting assistant professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1972; professor associe, U. Paris, 1976; visiting scientist, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1977; visiting professor, University Texas, Austin, 1979, 87. Speaker International Symposium on Methods of Differential Geometry in Physics and Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland, 1976. Alfred Schild Memorial lecturer University Texas, 1979.

Delegate Seventh International Congress on Mathematics Physics, Boulder, Colorado, 1983, Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Jerusalem, 1984, Marcel Grossman Meeting, Rome, 1985, Jerusalem, 97, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, France, 1982, Huelva, Spain, 1992, Paris, 1992, Banff, Canada, 1992, other international and national meetings. Co-organizer science meetings including Neutron stars and pulsars, Princeton, 1969, Spacetime dynamics, Aspen Center for Theoretical Physics, 1981, Classical Problems in Gravitation, 1990, Cosmic Censorship, 1992. Member committee of visitors physics division National Science Foundation, 1991.

Plenary lecturer Fifth Canada Conference on General Relativity and Astrophysics, Waterloo, 1993, Directions in General Relativity, College Park, Maryland., 1993, Pacific Coast Gravity meeting, Salt Lake City, 1996, 2d Samos meeting, Greece, 1998. Honorary physics chairman Cornelius Lanczos International Centenary, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1993.

Achievements

• James Wesley York has been listed as a noteworthy Theoretical physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society General Relativity and Gravitation, Rotary, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: literature, music, sports.

Connections

Married Betty Louise Mattern, August 19, 1961. Children: Virginia York Setzer, Guilford Mattern.

Father:

James Wesley York

Mother:

Mary Smedes (Poyner) York

Spouse:

Betty Louise Mattern

child:

Virginia York Setzer York

child:

Guilford Mattern York