Background
Madey, Richard was born on February 23, 1922 in Brooklyn. Son of Elia Doher and Dorothy Ann (Diab) Madey.
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Richard Madey
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Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1952.
Career
With, Allen B. DuMont laboratories, Passaic, New Jersey, 1943-1944;
with Radiation Laboratory,, University of California, 1947-1953;
with, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1953-1956;
scientist, senior scientist, chief applied physics research, Republic Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, New York, 1956-1964;
professor physics, Clarkson U., Potsdam, New York, 1965-1971;
department chairman, Clarkson U., Potsdam, New York, 1965;
member Institute Colloid and Surface Science, Clarkson U., Potsdam, New York, 1966-1971;
professor physics, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1971-1989;
department chairman, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1971-1983;
university professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1988-1992;
director Center for Nuclear Research, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1989-1992;
research professor, Kent (Ohio) State University, since 1992. Guest scientist various university and laboratories, since 1955, including Los AlamosNat. Laboratory, 1983-1985, Max Planck Institute fûr Kernphysik, Heidelberg Federal Republic Germany, 1986, Indiana U. Cyclotron Facility, 1976-1977, 79-86, 88, 89, 92, 93, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 1971-1972, 77-79,81, 84, 88, 91, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bates Linear Accelerator Center, 1988-1991.
Visiting scientist Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, 1993. Reviewer Addison-Wesley Public, Company, Saunelers College Public Company, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institutes of Health, Atomic Energy Commission, Department Energy, journals. Consultant 1952-1985.
Visiting professor Hampton U., 1992-1993. Visiting scientist continuous electron beam accelerator faclility, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, American Institute Chemists, New York Academy Sciences. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior), American Association of University Professors, American Geophysical Union, American Nuclear Society (Meritorious Svc. award New York Metropolitan section), Ohio Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, Pi Delta Epsilon.
Connections
Married Mary Lou Kirch, September 8, 1951 (divorced July 1978). Children: Doren Louise, Diane Claire, Daryl Jane, Richard Kirk, Ronald Eliot, Randall Clarke. Married Betty Jean Scrivner, January 2, 1990.
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American
Awards
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Recipient President's medal Kent State Ohio. Connecticut Alumni scholar, 1939-1942. Grantee Air Force Cambridge Research laboratories, 1963-1975, Atomic Energy Commission, 1966-1969, Aerospace Medical Research laboratories, 1966-1967, National Science Foundation, 1971-1974, since 1976, National Institutes of Health, 1973-1981, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974-1980, Department Energy, 1980-1988.Recipient President's medal Kent State Ohio. Connecticut Alumni scholar, 1939-1942. Grantee Air Force Cambridge Research laboratories, 1963-1975, Atomic Energy Commission, 1966-1969, Aerospace Medical Research laboratories, 1966-1967, National Science Foundation, 1971-1974, since 1976, National Institutes of Health, 1973-1981, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974-1980, Department Energy, 1980-1988.