Background
Roberts, Louis Douglas was born on January 27, 1918 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Louis Wigfall and Evelyn (Douglas) Roberts.
Roberts, Louis Douglas was born on January 27, 1918 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Louis Wigfall and Evelyn (Douglas) Roberts.
AB with honors, Howard College, 1938; postgraduate, John Hopkins University, 1938-1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1941.
Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1941-1942; research physicist, General Electric, Schenectady, New York, 1942-1946; research physicist, University of California at Berkeley, 1944-1945; principal physicist, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1946-1968; Ford Foundation professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1963-1968; professor physics, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1968; Alumni Distinguished professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1980.
Fellow American Physical Society (member Southeastern section, since 1948, vice chairman 1954-1955, chairman 1955-1956).
Married Marjorie Violette Staveley-Lawson, August 29, 1942. 1 child, Joyce Carol.