Jesse Leo Weil

Background

Weil, Jesse Leo was born on December 9, 1931 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Herbert Louis and Pearl Esther (Arnovits) Weil.

Education

Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1959.

Career

Research associate, Rice U., Houston, 1959-1960, 61-63; research associate, Hamburg (Germany) U., 1960-1961; assistant professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1963-1965; associate professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1965-1973; professor physics, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1973; research associate, Rutherford Laboratory, England, 1971-1972.

Achievements

• Jesse Leo Weil has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1975-1976, since 1996), American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: sailing.

Connections

Married Esther Kirkland, January 23, 1960 (divorced 1984). Children: Janna G., Alexandra A.

Father:

Herbert Louis Weil

Mother:

Pearl Esther (Arnovits) Weil

Spouse:

Esther Kirkland

child:

Alexandra A. Weil

child:

Janna G. Weil