Background
Emrich, Raymond Jay was born on November 30, 1917 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Jay Leroy and Lola Mary (Baker) Emrich.
Emrich, Raymond Jay was born on November 30, 1917 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Jay Leroy and Lola Mary (Baker) Emrich.
AB, Princeton University, 1938. A.M., Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1946. Henry fellow, Cambridge University, England, 1939.
Postgraduate, Cornell University, 1940.
Physicist National Defense Research Committee, Princeton, 1941-1946. Faculty Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1946, professor physics, 1955-1987, professor emeritus, since 1987, chairman department physics, 1956-1968, principal investigator shock tube research program, 1948-1974, microscopic fluctuations and small particle transport project, 1968-1975. Consultant Sandia Corporation, 1954-1955, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1961-1962.
Visiting scientist Ernst Mach Institute, Germany, 1968. National Academy of Sciences exchange visitor Novosibirsk, 1970-1971, Minsk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1979. Visiting professor Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, spring 1980.
Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division fluid dynamics 1967, division councilor 1967-1971), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Society Engineering Education (chairman physics division 1963-1965), Franklin Institute (committee on science and arts since 1960, chairman 1976), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Carolyn Sarah Schleicher, September 4, 1942. Children: Fredrica Lucile Smith, Lynn Margaret Roller.