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Kay, Richard Blair was born on June 5, 1937 in Decatur, Illinois, United States. Son of Alvin Rule and Maturie (Blair) Kay.
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Richard Blair Kay, American Physics educator. Achievements include patent for Optical Device for Transformation of Polarization; research in interaction of radiation including intense laser radiation with matter, multiphoton photoionization studies in atoms/molocules, raman scattering and laser system development. Grantee Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1972-1976, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1979-1982.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics, Drury College, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Arkansas, 1967.
Career
Engineer, McDonnel Douglas, St. Louis, 1962-1963; postdoctoral fellow, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1966-1967; professor physics, The American U., Washington, since 1967; department chairman physics, The American U., Washington, 1976-1986, 90-91. Summer research engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Goddard, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1987.
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Membership
Member American Physical Society, Washington Philosophical Society, Sigma Xi.
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Married Judith Magurite McMan.
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