Norman Carroll Koon

Background

Koon, Norman Carroll was born on July 8, 1938 in Malvern, Arkansas, United States. Son of Clyde Hurlston and Thelma Beatrice (MacDougal) Koon.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1960; Master of Science in Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, 1970.

Career

Research physicist, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, since 1969.

Achievements

• Norman Carroll Koon has been listed as a noteworthy Research physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Journal of Applied Physics. Volume 63. Number 8. Part 2B. Proceedings of the Annual conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (32nd) Held in Chicago, Illinois on 9-12 November 1987

Membership

Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1960-1963. Fellow American Physical Society (international prize for new materials 1986). Member Materials Research Society (chairman spring symposium on high performance permanent magnets 1987), Sigma Xi (pure science award-Naval Research Laboratory chapter 1979).

Interests

• Avocations: camping, hiking, photography.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Ann Morrison, June 16, 1963 (divorced December 1987). Children: James Michael, Karen Marie. Married Pauline Nancy Engle, January 1, 1989.

Father:

Clyde Hurlston Koon

Mother:

Thelma Beatrice (MacDougal) Koon

Spouse:

Pauline Nancy Engle

Spouse:

Elizabeth Ann Morrison

child:

Karen Marie Koon

child:

James Michael Koon