Richard Walter Fink

Background

Fink, Richard Walter was born on January 13, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Bernard and Ann (Walter) Fink.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1948; Master of Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1953.

Career

Association professor, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1953-1961; professor department physics, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1961-1965; visiting professor, Werner Institute for Nuclear Chemistry, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1959-1960; visiting professor, Institute for Experimental Physics, U. Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1963-1964; professor, School Chemistry, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1965-1988; professor emeritus, School Chemistry, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1988-1989. Research nuclear chemist Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, 1949-1950. Cons. Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, 1961-1969, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1957-1965.

Consultant on natural radiocarbon counting Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, 1972-1973. Chairman International Conference on Inner Shell Ionization Phenomena, Atlanta, 1972. Fulbright Travel grantee, 1963-1964, Fulbright lecturer, Europe, 1964, National Academy Science exchangelectr., Yugoslavia, 1971, Poland, 1977.

International Atomic Energy Agy.cons. to Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Research Center, Demokritos, Athens, 1975-1976.

Achievements

• Richard Walter Fink has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member Sigma Xi (Research prize 1971, 72, 77, 79, 83).

Connections

Married Gunilla Gustafsson, October 4, 1960. Children: Kerry Leif, Roger Gunnar.

Father:

Bernard Fink

Mother:

Ann (Walter) Fink

Spouse:

Gunilla Gustafsson

child:

Kerry Leif Fink

child:

Roger Gunnar Fink