Background
White, Roscoe B. was born on December 20, 1937 in Freeport, Illinois, United States. Son of Beryl Roscoe and Merlyn (Worth) White.
White, Roscoe B. was born on December 20, 1937 in Freeport, Illinois, United States. Son of Beryl Roscoe and Merlyn (Worth) White.
Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1963.
Research assistant, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1962;
instructor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1962-1963;
full professor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., since 1984;
research associate, University of Minnesota, 1963;
exchange scientist, United States Academy Sciences, Lebedev Institute, Moscow, 1963-1964;
visiting scientist, International Center Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1964-1966;
assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-1972;
member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1972-1974;
physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, since 1974;
principal research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, since 1980;
head theory division, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1986-1993. Visiting lecturer New Delhi U., Udaipur, 1966. Visiting scientist U. Chile, Santiago, 1969.
Consultant Trecani Encyclopedia, Italy, 1992-1993.
Married Laura Sanguinet, July 11, 1966. 1 child, Veronica Maria.