Jean Louise McPherson Bennett

Background

Bennett, Jean Louise McPherson was born on May 9, 1930 in Kensington, Maryland. Daughter of Archibald Turner and Margaret Fitch (Willcox) McPherson.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1951; Doctor of Science (honorary), Mount Holyoke College, 1992; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Pennsylvania State University, 1955.

Career

Physicist, Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio., 1955-1956; physicist, Naval Ordnance Test Station (now Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division), China Lake, California, 1956-1985; senior research scientist, Naval Ordnance Test Station (now Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division), China Lake, California, 1987-1993, 95; visiting professor, U. Alabama, Huntsville, 1986-1987; visiting professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1994-1995; retired, since 1996. Member National Research Council Evaluation Panel National Bureau Studies, Center for Radiation Research, 1979-1985, National Institute Studies and Technology Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, 1988-1994, United States.Nat. Committee for International Common for Optics, 1984-1985, 88-95.

Visiting scientist Institute Optical Research, Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, March-September, 1988.

Achievements

• Jean Louise McPherson Bennett has been listed as a notable Physicist, research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Optical Society American (vice president 1984, president-elect 1985, president 1986, past president 1987, chairman book publication committee 1991-1994, David Richardson medal 1990). Member American Institute Physics (subcommittee on books 1990-1994), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon, Iota Sigma Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married HaroldEarl Bennett, August 17, 1952 (divorced November 1984).

Father:

Archibald Turner McPherson

Mother:

Margaret Fitch (Willcox) McPherson

Spouse:

HaroldEarl Bennett