Background
Elder, Samuel Adams was born on July 13, 1929 in Baltimore. Son of Fred Kingsley and Ethel (Tait) Elder.
Elder, Samuel Adams was born on July 13, 1929 in Baltimore. Son of Fred Kingsley and Ethel (Tait) Elder.
Bachelor of Science, Hampden-Sydney College, 1950. Sc.M., Brown University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1956.
Senior staff physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1956-1964 associate professor physics, United States Naval Academy, 1964-1968; professor, United States Naval Academy, since 1968. Member computer policy board United States Navy, 1968-1976, chairman, 1973-1974.
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President board directors Annapolis Area Christian School Society, 1974. Trustee Covenant College, 1966-1967. Chairman Mission to North America committee Potomac Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in American, 1990-1995.
Fellow Acoustical Society of America (chairman Washington chapter 1969-1970, member technical committee on museum acoustics 1970-1976, technical committee on physical acoustics 1984-1990). Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Sylvia Maynard, January 1, 1955. Children: Susan Spottiswoode (Mistress Lawrence E. Erikson), Sheila Jean (Mistress Daniel L. Korzep) (deceased), Sarah Maynard, Sandra Louise (Mistress James A. Chestnut), Sharon Elizabeth (Mistress Eric H. Thayer).