Robert Frederick Charles Vessot

Background

Vessot, Robert Frederick Charles was born on April 16, 1930 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert Charles Ulysses and Marguerite Yvonne (Giauque) Vessot.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, 1951; Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1956.

Career

Member research staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956-1960; manager, Maser Research and Development, Varian Associates, Hewlett Packard, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1960-1969; senior physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1969.

Achievements

• Robert Frederick Charles Vessot has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Royal Canadian Air Force, 1951-1953. Fellow American Physical Society. Member Eastern Yacht Club.

Connections

Married Norma Newman Wight, April 18, 1959. Children: Judith Norma, Margaret Anne, Nancy Elizabeth.

Father:

Robert Charles Ulysses Vessot

Mother:

Marguerite Yvonne (Giauque) Vessot

Spouse:

Norma Newman Wight

child:

Margaret Anne Vessot

child:

Nancy Elizabeth Vessot

child:

Judith Norma Vessot