Roy Frederick Schwitters

Background

Schwitters, Roy Frederick was born on June 20, 1944 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Walter Frederick and Margaret Lois (Boyer) Schwitters.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971.

Career

Research associate, Stanford University Linear Accelerator Center, 1971-1974; assistant professor, then associate professor, Stanford University Linear Accelerator Center, 1974-1979; professor physics, Harvard University, 1979-1990; scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, 1980-1988; director superconducting supercollider, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, 1989-1993; professor physics, University Texas, Austin, since 1994.

Achievements

• Roy Frederick Schwitters has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (W. K. H. Panofsky Prize, 1996), American Academy Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Married Karen Elizabeth Chrystal, June 18, 1965. Children: Marc Frederick, Anne Elizabeth, Adam Thomas.

Father:

Walter Frederick Schwitters

Mother:

Margaret Lois (Boyer) Schwitters

Spouse:

Karen Elizabeth Chrystal

child:

Adam Thomas Schwitters

child:

Anne Elizabeth Schwitters

child:

Marc Frederick Schwitters