Background
Memory, Jasper Durham was born on December 10, 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jasper Livingston and Margaret Moore (Durham) Memory.
academic administrator physics educator
Memory, Jasper Durham was born on December 10, 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jasper Livingston and Margaret Moore (Durham) Memory.
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Wake Forest U., 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1960.
Successively assistant professor, associate professor physics, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1960-1964;
associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1964-1967;
associate dean, physics and mathematics science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1973-1982;
professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1967;
vice-provost, graduate dean, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1982-1986;
vice president for research, U. North Carolina System, Chapel Hill, since 1986. Board of Governors Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1983-1984, Triangle Area research director, since 1981. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley, Hampton, Virginia, 1970-1974, Ohio Board Regents, 1993-1995, Arkansas Board Regents, 1987.
North Carolina State University representative Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 1982-1985, Graduate Record Exam.Bd., 1985-1990, chair, 1989, Policy Council, Test of English as a Foreign Language, 1987-1988, chair, 1988.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Carolyn Hofler, June 4, 1961. Children— Margaret Carolyn, Jasper William.