Background

Dimmock, John Oliver was born on November 24, 1936 in Mineola, New York, United States. Son of Clarence Oliver and Eleanor Stevens (Waste) Dimmock.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Yale University, 1962.

Career

Member of staff research division, Raytheon, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1962-1963; member of staff research division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1963-1966; leader applied physics group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1966-1971; leader applied optics group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1971-1974; director electronics and solid state science, Office Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1974-1981; deputy director, director technical programs, Office Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1981-1984; technical director, Air Force Office Science Research, Washington, 1984-1989; staff vice president for research, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, 1989-1992; technical director strategic technologies, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, 1992-1993; director center applied optics, U. Alabama, Huntsville, since 1993.

Achievements

• John Oliver Dimmock has been listed as a noteworthy University research center director by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Properties of the Thirty-Two Point Groups (Research Monograph) by Koster George F. Dimmock John O. Wheeler Robert G. Statz Hermann (1963-12-15) Hardcover
  • The Properties of the Thirty-Two Point Groups (Research Monograph) by George F. Koster (1963-12-15)
  • Properties of the Thirty-Two Point Groups. (M.I.T. Press Research Monographs No. 24)
  • The Properties of the Thirty-Two Point Groups (Research Monograph)

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate), American Physical Society. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Barbara Welch Clark, June 21, 1958 (divorced November 1973). Children: Leanne, Cynthia, John. Married Cynthia Kalliope Vouros, May 12, 1974.

Children: Jonathan, Justin, James.

Father:

Clarence Oliver Dimmock

Mother:

Eleanor Stevens (Waste) Dimmock

Spouse:

Barbara Welch Clark

Spouse:

Cynthia Kalliope Vouros

child:

James Dimmock

child:

Justin Dimmock

child:

John Dimmock

child:

Leanne Dimmock

child:

Cynthia Dimmock

child:

Jonathan Dimmock