Richard Anthony McCorkle

Background

McCorkle, Richard Anthony was born on August 6, 1940 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Son of Grier Randolph and Mary Katherine (Moore) McCorkle.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1970.

Career

Teaching assistant, North Carolina State University, 1967-1968; assistant professor, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1968-1973; research scientist, International Business Machines Corporation Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1973-1991; professor, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1992. Faculty fellow National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton-Langley, Virginia, 1970. Instructor National Science Foundation Institute, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1971.

Achievements

• Richard Anthony McCorkle has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Twin Lakes Water Works, South Salem, New York, 1973-1976. Member American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Betty Albert Sodeman, June 9, 1964 (divorced March 1991). 1 child, Laura Katherine. Married Janice Evelyn O'Kelley, July 9, 1994.

Father:

Grier Randolph McCorkle

Mother:

Mary Katherine (Moore) McCorkle

Spouse:

Janice Evelyn O'Kelley

Spouse:

Betty Albert Sodeman

child:

Laura Katherine McCorkle