Background
Fawcett, Sherwood Luther was born on December 25, 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Luther T. and Clara (Sherwood) Fawcett.
Fawcett, Sherwood Luther was born on December 25, 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Luther T. and Clara (Sherwood) Fawcett.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Ohio State University. Master of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1948.
Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute of Technology, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Gonzaga University. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Whitman College.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Otterbein College. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Detroit Institute of Technology. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Ohio Dominican College.
Member staff, Columbus laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute, 1950-1964; manager physics department, Columbus laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute, 1959-1964; director, Pacific Northwest laboratories, Richland, Washington, 1964-1967; trustee, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1968-1992; executive vice president, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1967-1968; Chief Executive Officer, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1968-1984; president, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1968-1980; chairman, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1981-1984; chairman of the board of trustees, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1985-1987; associate trustee, Columbus, Ohio., 1987-1994. Chairman, Board Of Directors Transmet Corporation.
Served with the United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946. Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, NSPE, American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Delta Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Married Martha L. Simcox, February 28, 1953. Children: Paul, Judith, Tom.