Background
Fowler, Richard Gildart was born on June 13, 1916 in Albion, Michigan, United States. Son of Rufus Alexander and Ethel Alberta (Gildart) Fowler.
Fowler, Richard Gildart was born on June 13, 1916 in Albion, Michigan, United States. Son of Rufus Alexander and Ethel Alberta (Gildart) Fowler.
Bachelor of Arts, Albion College, 1936; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1942; postgraduate, Christ Church, Oxford, England, 1953-1954; postgraduate, U. Zurich, 1968-1969; postgraduate (North Atlantic Treaty Organization fellow), U. Giessen, Germany, 1971.
Research assistant, Dow Chemical Company, 1936-1938; graduate research assistant, University of Michigan, 1938-1942; research physicist, University of Michigan, 1943-1946; assistant professor physics, North Carolina State College, 1942; assistant to associate to professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1946-1961; research professor, U. Oklahoma, 1961-1980; professor emeritus, U. Oklahoma, since 1980; department chairman physics, U. Oklahoma, 1955-1959, 66-68; chairman, U. Oklahoma (School Engineering Physics), 1948-1953, 55-62; vice president, U. Oklahoma (Research Institute), 1962-1964. Chairman physics fellowship panel National Science Foundation, 1959-1961.
Fellow Oklahoma Academy Sciences, American Physical Society (chairman fluid dynamics division 1968), Institute Physics. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Institute Physics (regional counsellor 1964-1966), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma (honorary), Sigma Tau, Delta Tau Delta, Gamma Alpha. M C.
Married Frances Miriam Holmes, August 26, 1939. Children: Lynne Carol, Nancy Barbara, Patricia Ann, Richard Gerald.