John Edgar Rives

Background

Rives, John Edgar was born on March 31, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of John Baptist and Lois (Williams) Rives.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Auburn U., 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Duke U., 1962.

Career

Teaching assistant, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1956; research assistant, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1956-1959, 60-61; postdoctoral instructor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1961-1963; from assistant professor to associate professor physics, U. Georgia, Athens, 1963-1977; professor physics, since 1977. General chairman international advising committee Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids, 1989.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Virginia Ann Mulvey, February 4, 1956. Children: Joel M., John D., Paula J., Rebecca A., Stephen D., Patrick C.

Father:

John Baptist Rives

Mother:

Lois (Williams) Rives

Spouse:

Virginia Ann Mulvey

child:

Stephen D. Rives

child:

Paula J. Rives

child:

Patrick C. Rives

child:

Rebecca A. Rives

child:

John D. Rives

child:

Joel M. Rives