Richard Day Deslattes

Background

Deslattes, Richard Day was born on September 21, 1931 in New Orleans. Son of Richard Day Senior and Lillian (Lee) Deslattes.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1954; postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1955-1956.

Career

Instructor, Loyola University, 1954-1955; research associate, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1956-1958; postdoctoral research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1958-1962; physicist crystal chemical section, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1962-1963; chief atomic physics section, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1968-1969; senior research fellow, chief quantum metrology group, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1969-1988; senior fellow, chief quantum metrology division, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1988. Director division physics National Science Foundation, Washington, 1980-1981. United States representative task group on fundamental constants CODATA.

Chairman review committee physics division University of Chicago, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, since 1990. Member Executive Committee PRT/IDT Council, National Synchrotron Light Source, since 1988. Chairman International Conference on X-ray Physics and Inner-Shell Processes, 1982.

Principal lecturer North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Italy, 1981, Enrico Fermi School of Physics, 1976. Member committee for gravitational radiation projects National Science Foundation, 1979.

Achievements

• Richard Day Deslattes has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (division electron and atomic physics, member various committees, vice chair 1984-1985, chair 1986-1987).

Connections

Married Mary E. Marsh, September 22, 1956. Children: Therese M., Mary-Elise, Gregory Richard, Anne Chantal, Rachel Anne.

Father:

Richard Day Senior Deslattes

Mother:

Lillian (Lee) Deslattes

Spouse:

Mary E. Marsh

child:

Rachel Anne Deslattes

child:

Therese M. Deslattes

child:

Anne Chantal Deslattes

child:

Mary-Elise Deslattes

child:

Gregory Richard Deslattes