Background
Scott, William Taussig was born on March 16, 1916 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Carl Forse and Dorothea (Taussig) Scott.
Scott, William Taussig was born on March 16, 1916 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Carl Forse and Dorothea (Taussig) Scott.
Student, Haverford College, 1933-1934; Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1941.
Instructor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1941-1944;
assistant professor, Deep Springs (California) Junior College, 1944-1945;
member of faculty, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1945-1961;
professor physics, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1959-1961;
professor physics, U. Nevada, Reno, 1961-1981;
professor emeritus, U. Nevada, Reno, since 1981. Research professor atmospheric physics Desert Research Institute, since 1964. Consultant Brookhaven National Laboratory, Patchogue, New York, 1947-1953, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1954-1956, National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1964.
Visiting scholar Philosophy Center University of Oxford, England, 1969-1970. Visiting research fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1959-1960.
Member Reno Area Program for American Friends Service Committee, 1961-1984, University Nevada Peace Studies Committee, since 1983. Chairman, board directors John Woolman School, Nevada City, California, 1966-1969. Fellow American Physical Society.
Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Meteorological Society, Polanyi Society, American Academy of Religion, Associates for Religion in Intellectual Life, National Education Association, American Association Retired Persons, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Helen Elizabeth Gabel, June 7, 1942 (divorced September 1961). Children: Jennifer, Christopher (deceased), Stephanie, Melanie. Married Ann Howe Herbert, September 29, 1961.
Children: Peter, Katherine.