Raymond George Ammar

Background

Ammar, Raymond George was born on July 15, 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica. Son of Elias George and Nellie (Khaleel) Ammar. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized, 1965.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1959.

Career

Research associate, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 1959-1960; assistant professor physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1960-1964; associate professor, Northwestern University, 1964-1969; professor physics, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1969; department chairman physics and astronomy, U. Kansas, since 1989; (on sabbatical leave, Fermilab and Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, 1984-1985). Consultant Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1965-1969, visiting scientist, 1971-1972. Visiting scientist Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, summers 1976-1981, Deutsches Elektronen Synchroton, Hamburg, Germany, summers 1982-1988, laboratory of nuclear studies Cornell Univercity, summers 1989-1998.

Project director National Science Foundation grant for Research.in high energy physics, since 1962.

Achievements

• Raymond George Ammar has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association of University Professors.

Connections

Married Carroll Ikerd, June 17, 1961. Children: Elizabeth, Robert (deceased), David.

Father:

Elias George Ammar

Mother:

Nellie (Khaleel) Ammar

Spouse:

Carroll Ikerd

child:

Elizabeth Ammar

child:

David Ammar

child:

Robert Ammar (deceased)