Philip Ernest Best

Background

Best, Philip Ernest was born on July 28, 1938 in Perth, Western Australia. Son of Ernest Edgar and Anne Eileen (Solomon) Best.

Education

Bachelor of Science, with first class honors, U. Western Australia, Perth, 1959, Doctor of Philosophy, 1962.

Career

Research associate/instructor physics Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1965. Experimental physicist United Aircraft Research laboratories, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1965-1970. Intellectual Property Multimedia Subsystem fellow U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1970-1971, associate professor, 1971-1979, professor physics, since 1979.

Consultant Advanced Fuel Research, East Hartford, Connecticut, since 1982.

Achievements

• Philip Ernest Best has been listed as a noteworthy physics educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society (secretary Northeast section 1976-1977), American Vacuum Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute Physics (London).

Connections

Married Laurie Elizabeth Terrill, February 25, 1960. Children: David Ernest, Susan Laurie, Karen Margaret.

Father:

Ernest Edgar Best

Mother:

Anne Eileen (Solomon) Best

Spouse:

Laurie Elizabeth Terrill

child:

David Ernest Best

child:

Karen Margaret Best

child:

Susan Laurie Best