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Hickman, Roger Wayne was born on July 5, 1900 in Wooster, Ohio, United States. Son of John Fremont and Bertha E. (Wildman) Hickman.
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Roger Wayne Hickman
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Roger Wayne Hickman, American educator, administrator. Served as acting professor of physics, Earlham College, 1928-1929; Fellow Institute Radio Engineers, American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science; member Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.; Member Society of Friends.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Whittier College, 1922. Master of Arts, University of California, 1925. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1932.
Career
Served as acting professor of physics, Earlham College, 1928-1929. Instructor and tutor, department physics, Harvard, 1932-1938, lecturer, tutor and assistant director physical laboratories, 1938-1945. lecturer and associate director, 1945-1947, lecturer and director, Jefferson Physical Laboratory since 1947, company-director Lyman Laboratory of Physics, 1947-1953, director, 1953-1966, assistant to provost, 1948-1953, assistant to dean faculty, 1953-1966.
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Membership
Served as acting professor of physics, Earlham College, 1928-1929. Fellow Institute Radio Engineers, American Physical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Member Society of Friends.
Connections
Married Priscilla Crosby, 1932. Children: Nancy Carol (Mistress Robert A. Lufburrow), William Crosby.
