Richard E. Watson

Background

Watson, Richard E. was born on September 30, 1931 in New York City. Son of Philip Bickford and Helen (Newton) Watson.

Education

Bachelor, Amherst College, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.

Career

Postdoctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1960; staff, Alloy Valves and Control Research and Development, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1960-1961; postdoctoral fellow, National Science Foundation Harwell (England), U. Uppsala (Sweden), 1961-1962; staff, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1963-1965; physicist, senior physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1965. Member material research advising committee National Science Foundation, Washington, 1988-1990. Member synchrotron radiation study National Research Council, Washington, 1976.

Lecturer, cons.Nat. Institute Standards and Technology, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., since 1966. Visiting Nordita professor in Sweden, Denmark, 1970-1975.

Achievements

• Richard E. Watson has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, chair various committees on solid waste, conservation, Brookhaven County charter, Brookhaven Town, since 1975. Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Joan Ann Kettner, May 30, 1958. Children: Philip, Gavin, James, Jay.

Father:

Philip Bickford Watson

Mother:

Helen (Newton) Watson

Spouse:

Joan Ann Kettner

child:

Gavin Watson

child:

Philip Watson

child:

James Watson

child:

Jay Watson