Robert Herbert March

Background

March, Robert Herbert was born on February 28, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Herbert and Jacinta Virgilia (Grbac) March.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1952; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1960.

Career

Instructor, University of Chicago, 1959-1960; lecturer, Midwest U., Madison, Wisconsin, 1960-1961; instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1961-1962; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1962-1965; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1965-1971; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1971; chairman Integrated Liberal Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987-1990, 96-. Visiting science Lawrence Berkeley Lab, California, 1964, Cern Geneva Switzerland, 1967, Ferilab, Chicago, 1973, SLAC Menlo park, California, 1975. Visiting professor UCAL Irvine, 1978.

Achievements

• Robert Herbert March has been listed as a notable Physicist, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Physics for Poets

    (Very accessible, brief, introduction to physics for the n...)

  • Physics for Poets, 5th Edition (Fifth Ed) 5e, by Robert H. March, 2002
  • Physics for Poets: Instructor's Manual
  • Physics for Poets
  • Physics for Poets by Robert March (2002-04-22)

Membership

Member Federation of America Science, Washington, 1956-1967, Union of Concerned Science, Boston, since 1994. Member American Physcial Society, American Association U. Professor (chapter president).

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, folk singing, sailing.

Connections

Married Georgianna Bennington Pugh, January 5, 1953 (divorced 1973). 1 child, Thomas; married Kathryn Ann Holtgrauer, December 15, 1979 (divorced 1995).

Father:

Herbert March

Mother:

Jacinta Virgilia (Grbac) March

Spouse:

Kathryn Ann Holtgrauer

Spouse:

Georgianna Bennington Pugh

child:

Thomas March