John Root Green

Background

Green, John Root was born on September 19, 1920 in Alameda, California, United States. Son of John Doughty and Helen Mary (Root) Green.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, 1941; Master of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California-Berkeley Westinghouse, Whiting fellow, 1950.

Career

Research chemist, California Ink Company, Berkeley, 1941-1942; teaching assistant, University of California-Berkeley, 1946-1948; assistant professor physics, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1950-1955; associate professor, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1955-1962; professor physics, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1962-1981; professor emeritus, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 1981. Member of staff Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1951. National Science Foundation science faculty fellow U. Oslo, Norway, 1957-1958.

Fulbright professor physics U. Aleppo, Syria, 1966-1967, U. Jordan, Amman, 1973-1974.

Achievements

• John Root Green has been listed as a noteworthy physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Albuquerque Legal Aid Society, since 1969. Mediator Albuquerque Mediation Center, since 1983. Member Sandoval County Democratic Grass Roots Committee, 1963-1969.

Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Captain Reserve, 1946-1952. Member American Association of University Professors, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Anna Vallevik, September 13, 1951. Children: John Vallevik, Mary Alice, Jane Katherine.

Father:

John Doughty Green

Mother:

Helen Mary (Root) Green

Spouse:

Anna Vallevik

child:

Mary Alice Green

child:

Jane Katherine Green

child:

John Vallevik Green