Richard Berkeley Britton

Background

Britton, Richard Berkeley was born on December 10, 1932 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Sydney William and Louise Emil (Weibel) Britton.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, University of Virginia, 1953; postgraduate, University of Virginia, 1955-1958.

Career

Assistant physicist, Newport News (Virginia) Shipbldg. & Drydock Company, 1953, 56-57; laboratory assistant, University of Virginia Research Laboratory for Engineering Science, Charlottesville, 1957-1961; physicist, Ion Physics Corporation, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1961-1964; physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1964-1974; owner, Hetex Engines, Converse, Texas, since 1974. Consultant FermiLab, Chicago, 1977-1978.

Achievements

• Richard Berkeley Britton has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Signal corpus, United States army, 1953-1955. Member American Physical Society, Antique Automobile Club American, Model T Ford Club International.

Connections

Married Betsy Clement Noyes, August 29, 1959 (divorced December 1976). Children: Eric Noyes, Emily Peake.

Father:

Sydney William Britton

Mother:

Louise Emil (Weibel) Britton

Spouse:

Betsy Clement Noyes

child:

Emily Peake Britton

child:

Eric Noyes Britton