Background
Young, Robert Alan was born on January 24, 1921 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Son of Dorr Albert and Elizabeth (Smith) Young.
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Robert Alan Young
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Bachelor of Science in Physics, Georgia Institute Technology, 1950; Master of Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Polytech. Institute, Brooklyn, 1959; honorary doctorate, Institute National Polytech. de Toulouse, France, 1979.
Career
Instructor physics, Polytech. Institute, Brooklyn, 1953-1957;
research assistant professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1951-1953, 1957-1958;
research associate professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1958-1964;
professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1964-1987;
professor emeritus, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1987;
head diffraction laboratory, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1957-1965;
head crystal physics branch, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1965-1977;
head applied physics branch, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1977-1982. Consultant diffraction and crystal physics, since 1959.
Member commissions, committees International Union Crystallography, 1968-1981, delegate, 1975, 78, 81, 87, chairman commission on powder diffraction, 1987-1993. Member United States National Committee Crystallography, 1969-1981, chairman, 1979-1981. Member governing board American Institute Physics,1975-1981.
Coordinator various national and international science meetings and short schools.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Planned Parenthood Association, Atlanta, 1966-1982, vice president, 1972-1975, president, 1975. Member Atlanta-Toulouse Sister Cities Committee, since 1975, chairman, 1977-1980, 83-92. Member governing board L'Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta, 1986-1993.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1943, United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Fellow Institute Physics United Kingdom, American Physical Society. Member American Crystallographic Association (treasurer 1968-1971, vice president 1972, president 1973), Société française de minéralogie et de cristallographie, Association française de Cristallographie, Materials Research Society.
Connections
Married Teresa Lam Chan, June 11,1977. Children by previous marriage: Kevin Raoul, Cheryl Denise, Daryl Clark.
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American