Background
Wilkins, John Warren was born on March 11, 1936 in Des Moines. Son of Carl Daniel and Ruth Elizabeth (Warren) Wilkins.
Wilkins, John Warren was born on March 11, 1936 in Des Moines. Son of Carl Daniel and Ruth Elizabeth (Warren) Wilkins.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Northwestern University, 1959; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1963; Dynamics Technologies (honorary), Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola, Göteborg, 1990.
National Science Foundation fellow, U. Cambridge, England, 1963-1964;
assistant professor physics, Cornell Univercity, 1964-1968;
associate professor, Cornell Univercity, 1968-1974;
professor, Cornell Univercity, 1974-1988;
eminent scholar, professor physics, Ohio State University, since 1988. Visiting professor hockey club Orsted Institute, Copenhagen, 1968, Nordita, Copenhagen, 1972-1973, 75-76, 79-81. Consultant Los Alamos National Laboratory, since 1984, LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory, since 1997.
Advising committee University of Chicago Science and Technology, 1990-1998.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (publications oversight committee 1995-1997, chairman 1995-1996, councillor division condensed matter physics 1989-1993, Executive Committee division biological physics 1973-1977). Member European Physical Society.