Richard Henry Picard

Background

Picard, Richard Henry was born on August 26, 1938 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edmond John and Helene Marie-Rose (Dupuis) Picard.

Education

Bachelor, Assumption College, 1959; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1968.

Career

Physicist, Air Force Cambridge Research laboratories, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1964-1975; physicist, Rome Air Development Center, Bedford, 1976-1981; physicist, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Bedford, 1981-1990; physicist Geophysics Directorate, Phillips Laboratory, Bedford, since 1990. Visiting professor Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1985. Advisor postdoctoral fellowship program National Research Council, Bedford, since 1988.

Achievements

• Richard Henry Picard has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Committee chairman, leader Boy Scouts American, Bedford, 1975-1981. President, member com.Patrons of Music Students, Bedford, 1985-1988. Member American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society, Optical Society American, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi (chapter secretary Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1978-1980, committee member since 1993).

Interests

• Avocations: folk dancing, travel, hiking, Eastern disciplines.

Connections

Married Katherine Ann Laucks, January 28, 1967. Children: Steven, Nicole.

Father:

Edmond John Picard

Mother:

Helene Marie-Rose (Dupuis) Picard

Spouse:

Katherine Ann Laucks

child:

Nicole Picard

child:

Steven Picard