Roland Hamilton Good

Background

Good, Roland Hamilton was born on October 22, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Roland Hamilton and Marie (Smith) Good. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1950.

Education

Biomedical Engineering, Lawrence Institute Technology, 1944; M.A.E., Chrysler Institute Engineering, 1946; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1951.

Career

Engineer, Chrysler Corporation, Windsor, Ontario and Highland Park, Michigan, 1942-1947; instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 1951-1953; assistant professor, associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1953-1956; professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1972-1988; head physics department, Pennsylvania State University, 1972-1981; professor emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, since 1988; associate professor, professor physics, Iowa State University, Ames, 1956-1972; distinguished professor science and humanities, Iowa State University, since 1970; physicist, senior physicist, Ames Laboratory of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1956-1972. Visiting lecturer U. Colorado, summer 1958. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1960-1961.

Visiting professor Institute Mathematics Science, Madras, India, 1968, Seoul National U., 1979. Guest Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1968-1969.

Achievements

• Roland Hamilton Good has been listed as a noteworthy Educator, theoretical physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Ferol Hendrickson, May 7,1944. Children— Roland Hamilton III, Patricia Gail, Sue Marie.

Father:

Roland Hamilton Good

Mother:

Marie (Smith) Good

Spouse:

Ferol Hendrickson