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Harrison, Michael Jay was born on August 20, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathan J. and Mae (Nathan) Harrison.
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Michael Jay Harrison, American Physicist, educator. American Council on Education fellow University of California, Los Angeles, 1970-1971. Fellow American Physical Society; member American Association of University Professors (chapter treasurer 1966-1967), New York Academy Sciences, Harvard Club of Control Michigan (president 1988-1993), Rotary, B'nai B'rith, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1954; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1960.
Career
Fulbright fellow and H. Van Loon fellow in theoretical physics, U. Leiden, Netherlands, 1954-1955;
National Science Foundation fellow, University of Chicago, 1957-1959;
research fellow mathematics physics, U. Birmingham, England, 1959-1961;
assistant professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1961-1963;
associate professor, Michigan State University, 1963-1968;
professor, Michigan State University, since 1968;
faculty grievance officer, Michigan State University, 1972-1973;
dean Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University, 1973-1981;
Adjunct Professor community health science, Michigan State University, 1988-1993;
Adjunct Professor internal medicine and epidemiology, Michigan State University, since 1993. Visiting research physicist Institute Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980-1981. With Air Force Cambridge Research Center, summer 1953, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, summer 1954, Radio Corporation of America Sarnoff Laboratory, summers 1961-1963.
Physicist Westinghouse laboratories, summer 1956. Consultant Radio Corporation of America Laboratory, 1961-1964, United Aircraft Company, 1964-1966, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, HarwellLab., summer 1960, Thailand project in Bangkok, Michigan State University-Agency for International Development, summer 1968. Visiting research affiliate theoretical biology and biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1987-1988.
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Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association of University Professors (chapter treasurer 1966-1967), New York Academy Sciences, Harvard Club of Control Michigan (president 1988-1993), Rotary, B'nai B'rith, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
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Married Ann Tukey, September 1, 1970.
