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Welsh, Robert Edward was born on October 1, 1932 in Pittsburgh. Son of Maurice Herbert and Mary Regina (Jacob) Welsh.
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Robert Edward Welsh, American Physics educator. Research grantee National Science Foundation, since 1974; Gulentz Scholar Georgetown University, 1950-1954. Member City Democratic Committee, Williamsburg, 1986-1989, Williamsburg City School Board, since 1995. Captain United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Fellow American Physical Society; Member American Association of University Professors.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Georgetown University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1960.
Career
Assistant director, Carnegie Mellon Nuclear Research Center, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, 1961-1963;
research physicist, Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1960-1963;
assistant director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Radiation Effects Lab, Newport News, Virginia, 1967-1972;
research physicist, Rutherford High Energy Lab, Oxfordshire, England, 1972-1973;
science attache, European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, 1983-1984;
associate professor physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1963-1968;
professor, since 1968;
professor, department chairman physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1988-1991;
chancellor, professor of physics, since 1992. Visiting scientist Rutherford Laboratory and Oxford (England) University, 1994-1995. Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Newport News, 1964-1966, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Laboratory, 1976-1980.
Guest physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1971.
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Membership
Member City Democratic Committee, Williamsburg, 1986-1989, Williamsburg City School Board, since 1995. Captain United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Fellow American Physical Society.
Member American Association of University Professors.
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Married Rita R. Varnes, July 7, 1956 (deceased December 1981). Children: Patrick R., Richard J., Edward M. Married Karen M. Rose, May 9, 1988.
