Background
Hadley, Lawrence Nathan was born on October 14, 1916 in Valley Center, Kansas, United States. Son of Lawrence N. and Daisy B. (Zaring) Hadley.
Hadley, Lawrence Nathan was born on October 14, 1916 in Valley Center, Kansas, United States. Son of Lawrence N. and Daisy B. (Zaring) Hadley.
AB, Friend's University, 1937. Master of Science, University Oklahoma, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1947.
Instructor physics, Northern Oklahoma Junior College, Tonkawa, 1937-1939; from assistant professor to associate professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1947-1955; from assistant professor to professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1955; department chairman physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1965-1968; professor emeritus, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1987. President Colorado State Research Foundation, 1961-1964.
Fellow Optical Society of America (president Rocky Mountain section 1972-1973). Member Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Sciences (president 1969-1970), American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers (president local section 1960), Sigma Xi.
Married Jean Ogden, December 23, 1939 (divorced August 1968). Children: Kathe Weathers, Janet Brody. Married Lucienne Celine De Simplaire, June 12, 1970.