Morton Allen Tavel

Background

Tavel, Morton Allen was born on June 14, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving and Sylvia (Cutler) Tavel.

Education

Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1960; Master of Science, Stevens Institute, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Yeshiva U., 1964.

Career

Assistant scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1964-1967; assistant professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1967-1969; associate professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1970-1975; professor physics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, since 1975. Visiting professor Virginia Polytechnic, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1971-1972, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1976-1977. Member summer faculty International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1978-1980, engineering consultant, since 1980.

Achievements

• Morton Allen Tavel has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), American Physical Society, Society Wine Educators, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocation: oenology.

Connections

Married Judith Carol Fibkins, June 29, 1969. 1 child, Phillip Alden.

Father:

Irving Tavel

Mother:

Sylvia (Cutler) Tavel

Spouse:

Judith Carol Fibkins

child:

Phillip Alden Tavel