John William Olness

Background

Olness, John William was born on September 4, 1929 in Broderick, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Fredrick Fraas and Esther Victoria (Johnson) Olness. came to the United States, 1932.

Education

Bachelor, St. Olaf College, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1957.

Career

Research associate, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1956-1958; physicist, Aero. Research laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1958-1963; associate physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1963-1968; physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1968.

Achievements

• John William Olness has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president board education Three Village Schools, Long Island, New York, 1973-1980. Chairman education ofgifted and talented, 1976-1977. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Margaret Ann Lerro, August 23, 1958. Children: Fredrick Iver, Robert Charles, RichardMartin, Christopher Michael, Margaret Kristin.

Father:

Fredrick Fraas Olness

Mother:

Esther Victoria (Johnson) Olness

Spouse:

Margaret Ann Lerro

child:

Christopher Michael Olness

child:

Margaret Kristin Olness

child:

Fredrick Iver Olness

child:

RichardMartin Olness

child:

Robert Charles Olness