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Crum, Lawrence A. was born on October 25, 1941 in Caldwell, Ohio, United States. Son of Edwin and Anita (Kuhn) Crum.
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Lawrence A. Crum, American Physicist, research educator. Fencing champion National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1963, member 1st team All American Fencing Team, 1963. Fellow Acoustical Society American (vice president 1995-1996), American Institute Ultrasound in Medicine; member American Association Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics summa cum laude, Ohio U., 1963; Master of Science in Physics, Ohio U., 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Ohio U., 1967.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968;
from assistant to associate professor physics, U. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1968-1977;
professor physics, U. Mississippi, University, 1978-1985, 86-87;
Barnard Distinguished professor, U. Mississippi, University, 1988-1992;
director National Center for Physical Acoustics, U. Mississippi, University, 1990-1992;
principal physicist Applied Physics Laboratory, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1992;
department chairman acoustics and electromagnetics, U. Washington, Seattle. Visiting senior scientist U. Wales, Cardiff, 1977-1978. Visiting professor, Fulbright fellow U. London, 1985-1986.
President, founder Academy Associations, Inc. Consultant United States Navy, other organizations.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Acoustical Society American (vice president 1995-1996), American Institute Ultrasound in Medicine. Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Connections
Married Jane Sampson.
