Background
Yocom, Perry Niel was born on September 27, 1930 in Auburn, Maine, United States. Son of Clarence Cleaver and Eliza (Miller) Yocom.
Yocom, Perry Niel was born on September 27, 1930 in Auburn, Maine, United States. Son of Clarence Cleaver and Eliza (Miller) Yocom.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1958.
Member technical staff, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1957-1970; group head, Radio Corporation of America laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1970-1987; group head, David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, since 1987.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society (vice chair electronics division 1974-1976), Society for Information Display, Mineral. Society American.
Married Kirsten Bergersen, Jan.6, 1962. Children: Peter B., Thorsten C., Berit E.