Background
Weinstein, Roy was born on April 21, 1927 in New York City. Son of Harry and Lillian (Ehrenberg) Weinstein.
Weinstein, Roy was born on April 21, 1927 in New York City. Son of Harry and Lillian (Ehrenberg) Weinstein.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), Lycoming College, 1981.
Research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1954, assistant professor, 1956—1959, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1954-1956. Associate professor Northeastern University, Boston, 1960-1963, professor physics, 1963-1982, executive officer, chairman graduate division of physics department, 1967-1969, chairman physics department, 1974-1981. Spokesman MAC Detector Stanford University, 1981-1982.
Dean College Natural Sciences and Mathematics University Houston, 1982-1988. Professor physics, 1982—2007. Research professor physics emeritus, since 2007.
Associate director, spokesman Texas Center for Superconductivity, 1987-1989. Director Institute Beam Particle Dynamics University Houston, 1985-1995, principal investigator., Beam Particle Dynamics Laboratory, since 1995. Visiting scholar and physicist Stanford (California) University, 1966-1967, 1968-1969, 81-82, Howard 69-70.
Board directors Perception Technology, Inc., Winchester, Massachusetts, Omniwave Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts, Wincom Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts. Consultant Visidyne Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, Houston Area Research Center, Hodotector Inc., Houston, consultant Park Square Engineering, Marietta, Georgia, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge Electron Accelerator, member advisory committee, 1967-1969, physicist, 1970-1971. Advisory committee and portfolio evaluation committee Houston Venture Partners, 1990-1999.
Chairman board directors Xytron Corporation, 1986-1991. Director, member executive committee Houston Area Research Center, 1984-1987. Chairman organizing committee International Conference on Meson Spectroscopy, 1974, chairman program committee, 1977, member organizing committee, 1980.
Chairman management group Texas Accelerator Center, Woodlands, 1985-1990. Chairman Texas High Energy Physicists, 1989-1991. Keynote speaker Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni series, 1988.
Permanent member executive committee Large Volunteer Detector (Underground Neutrino Telescope, Italy), since 1988. Organizer session High Temperature Superconducting Magnets 3d and 4th World Congress on Superconductivity, Munich, 1993, Orlando, 1994. Chief Executive Officer Roxxyguest Corporation, since 2009.
Member Lexington (Massachusetts) Town Meeting, 1973-1984. Vice chairman Lexington Council on Aging, 1977-1983. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.
Fellow American Physical Society (organizer session SSC and High Energy Physics 1984). Member American Association Physics Teachers, Masons, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi (chapter president 1977-1979, National Triennial Distinguished Scholar prize 1980-1983), Pi Lambda Phi (president Theta chapter 1949-1950).
Married Janet E. Spiller, March 26, 1954 (deceased 1995). Children: Lee Davis, Sara Lynn. Married Gail A. Birdsell, July 26, 1996.