Millard Eugene Rudd

Background

Rudd, Millard Eugene was born on September 29, 1927 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Millard Eugene and Stella Constance (Nelson) Rudd.

Education

Bachelor, Concordia College, 1950; Master of Arts, U. Buffalo, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Nebraska, 1963; Doctor of Science, Concordia College, 1992.

Career

Assistant professor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1954-1956; associate professor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1956-1964; professor, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1964-1965; associate professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1965-1968; professor, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1968-1993; acting chairman physics, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1970-1972; professor emeritus, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, since 1993.

Works

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• book

  • Science on the great plains : the history of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Membership

With Signal corpus, United States army, 1946-1947. Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division electron and atomic physics 1980). Member American Association Physics Teachers, Scientific Instrument Society, History of Science Society, Antique Telescope Society (president 1997-1999).

Interests

• Avocations: history of science and optics.

Connections

Married Eileen Lyleth Hovland, September 6, 1953. Children: Eric Peter, Nancy Estelle, Leif Erling.

Father:

Millard Eugene Rudd

Mother:

Stella Constance (Nelson) Rudd

Spouse:

Eileen Lyleth Hovland

child:

Eric Peter Rudd

child:

Nancy Estelle Rudd

child:

Leif Erling Rudd