Background
Smyth, Kermit Campbell was born on January 16, 1946 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Duncan Campbell and Jean Emerson (Corthell) Smyth.
Smyth, Kermit Campbell was born on January 16, 1946 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Duncan Campbell and Jean Emerson (Corthell) Smyth.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Amherst College, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Stanford University, 1972.
Member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1972-1974; research chemist, National Bureau Standards (now National Institute Standards and Technology), Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1974. Group leader exploratory fire Research, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, 1982-1983, smoke dynamics, 1988-1989, research advising committee, 1982-1986, chairman, 1984-1985. Vice chairman Gordon Research Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Combustion, 1991, chairman, 1993.
Member American Physical Society, Combustion Institute, Montgomery County Coin Club (officer since 1985).
Married Deborah Allen Woolf, March 31, 1984.