Lawrence Myer Slifkin

Background

Slifkin, Lawrence Myer was born on September 29, 1925 in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. Son of Isaac L. and Eva (Baden) Slifkin.

Education

Bachelor, New York University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1950.

Career

Research associate, research assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1950-1954; assistant professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1954-1955; assistant professor, then professor physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1955-1991; Bowman Gray professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979-1982; Alumni Distinguished professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1983-1991; professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1991. Research fellow University of Oxford, 1962-1963. Liaison science United States Office Naval Research, London, 1969-1970.

Collaborateur étranger, CEN-Saclay, France, 1975-1976.

Achievements

• Lawrence Myer Slifkin has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1944-1946, PTO. Fellow American Physical Society (Executive Committee division condensed matter physics 1978-1980, Jesse Beams award research excellence S.E. Section 1977), Society Photographic Scientists and Engineers. Member American Association Physics Teachers.

Interests

• Avocations: music, travel, reading, grandfathering.

Connections

Married Miriam Kresses, July 4, 1948. Children: Anne, Rebecca, Merle, Naomi.

Father:

Isaac L. Slifkin

Mother:

Eva (Baden) Slifkin

Spouse:

Miriam Kresses

child:

Anne Slifkin

child:

Merle Slifkin

child:

Rebecca Slifkin

child:

Naomi Slifkin