Melville Paul Ulmer

Background

Ulmer, Melville Paul was born on March 12, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Melville Jack and Naomi Louise (Zinkin) Ulmer.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1970.

Career

Assistant research, University of California, San Diego, 1970-1974; astrophysicist, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1976; assistant professor, Department Physics and Astoronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1976-1982; associate professor, Department Physics and Astoronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1982-1987; director astrophysics program, Department Physics and Astoronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1982; professor, Department Physics and Astoronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1987; director Lindheimer and Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern University, since 1982. Co-investigator on Gamma Ray Ob. experiment and Orbiting Solar Ob.

Achievements

• Melville Paul Ulmer has been listed as a noteworthy Physics and astronomy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society, Society Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, International Astronomical Union.

Connections

Married Patricia Elifson, December 28, 1968. Children: Andrew Todd, Jeremy John, Rachel Annual.

Father:

Melville Jack Ulmer

Mother:

Naomi Louise (Zinkin) Ulmer

Spouse:

Patricia Elifson

child:

Andrew Todd Ulmer

child:

Rachel Annual Ulmer

child:

Jeremy John Ulmer