Background
Axford, Roy Arthur was born on August 26, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Morgan and Charlotte (Donaldson) Axford.
Axford, Roy Arthur was born on August 26, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Morgan and Charlotte (Donaldson) Axford.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1952. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955.
Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958.
Supervisor theoretical physics group, Atomics International, Canoga Park, California, 1958-1960; associate professor nuclear engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, 1960-1962; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical, 1962-1963; associate professor nuclear engineering, Northwestern University, 1963-1966; associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1966-1968; professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1968. Consultant Los Alamos National Laboratory, since 1963.
Vice-chairman Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Fund Drive, 1970-1972, chairman, 1973-1975. Sustaining fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Nuclear Society (Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award 1990, 95, 97, 99, 2002, 04, 08, 09, distinguished faculty Alpha Nu Sigma 1991), Sons of the American Revolution (secretary-treasurer Piankeshaw chapter 1975-1981, vice president chapter 1982-1983, president chapter 1984-1986), Kiwanis (charter life patron fellow 1992), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Anne-Sofie Langfeldt Rasmussen, April 1, 1954. Children: Roy Arthur, Elizabeth Carole, Trevor Craig Charles.