Background
Macklin, Philip Alan was born on April 13, 1925 in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. Son of Egbert Chalmer and Margaret Griswold (Collins) Macklin.
Macklin, Philip Alan was born on April 13, 1925 in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. Son of Egbert Chalmer and Margaret Griswold (Collins) Macklin.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Yale University, 1944; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1956.
Physicist, Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1946-1947;
research scientist, Atomic Energy Commission, Columbia University, 1949-1951;
instructor physics, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1951-1954;
acting department chairman, Middlebury College, 1953-1954;
member of faculty, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., since 1954;
professor physics, Miami University, 1961-1993;
department chairman, Miami University, 1972-1985;
professor emeritus, Miami University, since 1993. Research scientist Armco Steel Company, summers 1955-1956. Visiting professor U. New Mexico, summers 1957-1968, Boston University, fall 1985-1986.
Physicist Los Alamos Science laboratories, summers 1960-1962. Participant National Science Foundation summer institutions, 1970-1971. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985-1986.
Vestryman Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Oxford, 1959-1961, 67, 71-73, 75-77, member finance committee, chairman blood assurance program, since 1980, lector, since 1989. With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, League of Women Voters of Oxford (treasurer 1986-1988, director governance since 1997), American Physical society, Forum Physics and Society, Kiwanis (board directors 1994-1997), Torch Club of Butler County (president 1982-1983, 96-97, member editorial advisory committee The Torch), 1809 Club (president 1964-1965), Campus Ministry Center (trustee 1994-2002), Union of Concerned Scientists, Center for Voting and Democracy (charter), Membership Association Miami University Art Museum (executive committee 1999-2002), Phi Beta Kappa (president Iota of Ohio chapter 1987-1988), Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Cora Baldwin Galindo, September 5, 1953 (deceased February 2005). Children: Susan, Steven, Peter.