Robert Willis Hellwarth

Background

Hellwarth, Robert Willis was born on December 10, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Arlen Roosevelt and Sarah Matilda (Townsend) Hellwarth.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Princeton University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (Rhodes scholar), St. John's College, Oxford (England) University, 1955.

Career

Senior scientist, manager, Hughes Research laboratories, Malibu, California, 1956-1970; visiting associate professor electrical engineering and physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1965; research associate, senior research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1966-1970; National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow, Clarendon Laboratory-St. Peter's College, Oxford (England) University, 1970-1971; George Pfleger professor electrical engineering, professor physics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1970.

Achievements

• Robert Willis Hellwarth has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Quantum Electronics award), American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American (Charles Hard Townes award). Member National Academy Engineering, National Academy Sciences, American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu.

Connections

Married Abigail Gurfein, September 20, 1957 (divorced 1979). Children: Benjamin John, Margaret Eve, Thomas Abraham. Married Theresia deVroom, December 20, 1985.

1 child, WilliamAlbert Detroit.

Father:

Arlen Roosevelt Hellwarth

Mother:

Sarah Matilda (Townsend) Hellwarth

Spouse:

Theresia deVroom

Spouse:

Abigail Gurfein

child:

WilliamAlbert Detroit Hellwarth

child:

Margaret Eve Hellwarth

child:

Thomas Abraham Hellwarth

child:

Benjamin John Hellwarth