Richard Werner Vook

Background

Vook, Richard Werner was born on August 2, 1929 in Milwaukee. Son of Fred Ludwig and Hedwig Anna (Werner) Vook.

Education

Bachelor, Carleton College, 1951; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1957.

Career

Staff physicist, International Business Machines Corporation Research Laboratory, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1957-1961; senior research physicist, Franklin Institute Research laboratories, Philadelphia, 1961-1965; associate professor of metallurgy, Syracuse (New York) U., 1965-1970; professor of materials science, Syracuse (New York) U., 1970-1984; professor of physics, Syracuse (New York) U., 1984-1993; professor emeritus, Syracuse (New York) U., since 1993; director solid state science and technical, Syracuse (New York) U., 1984-1987, 90-91. Physicist/chemist University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, summers 1977-1981. Summer faculty member Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, 1983, 84.

Board editors Thin Solid Films, since 1985. Consultant professor Beijing U. Posts and Telecom., since 1998.

Achievements

• Richard Werner Vook has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Vacuum Society, Microscopy Society American, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Julia Deskins, September 7, 1957. Children: Katherine, Elizabeth, Richard S., Frederick W.

Father:

Fred Ludwig Vook

Mother:

Hedwig Anna (Werner) Vook

Spouse:

Julia Deskins

child:

Richard S. Vook

child:

Elizabeth Vook

child:

Frederick W. Vook

child:

Katherine Vook