Background
Salter, Lewis Spencer was born on February 4, 1926 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lewis Spencer and Reaves (Alford) Salter.
academic administrator physicist
Salter, Lewis Spencer was born on February 4, 1926 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lewis Spencer and Reaves (Alford) Salter.
Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1949. Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1956.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Wabash College, 1987. Doctor of Science (honorary), Hanover College, 1988. Doctor of Science (honorary), Knox College, 1989.
Instructor mathematics, U. Maryland. Overseas Program, England, 1952-1953;
assistant professor, associate professor, professor physics, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1953-1967;
associate professor physics, Bandung (Indonesia) Institute Technology, 1958-1960;
visiting physicist, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1963-1964;
consultant, Argonne National Laboratory, 1965-1972;
dean, executive vice president, vice president academic affairs, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1968-1978;
president, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, 1978-1988, president emeritus, 1989;
chancellor, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, 1988-1989;
professor physics, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, 1989. Secretary Indiana selection committee Rhodes scholarships, 1981-1987.
Commissioner, Executive Board North Central Association, 1984-1989. Consultant science education, Indonesia, 1972, World Bank sector survey team, 1973. Consultant National Science Foundation.
Board directors Lubricol Corporation.
Member of committee on ministry American Baptist Convention, 1984-1987. Member National Collegiate Athletic Association Council, 1987-1989. Served to First lieutenant, infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, American Science Affiliation, Associated Colls. of Indiana (president), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Mary Anna Morse, June 19, 1950. Children: David Reaves, Samuel Allen, John Michael, Andrew Lewis.