Melvin Ervin Louis Oakes

Background

Oakes, Melvin Ervin Louis was born on May 11, 1936 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States.

Education

Student, Florida State University, 1958-1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Plasma Physics, Florida State University, 1964.

Career

Physicist, United States Army Reserve Guided Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, 1960; assistant in physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1958-1960, 60-64; assistant professor physics, U. Georgia, Athens, 1964; research associate, U. Georgia, Athens, 1964-1965; from assistant professor to associate professor, U. Georgia, Athens, 1965-1970; professor of physics, University Texas, Austin, since 1975.

Achievements

• Melvin Ervin Louis Oakes has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers.

Connections

Married, 1963; three children.