Background
Ballard, Stanley Sumner was born on October 1, 1908 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Hudson and Myrtle (Stanley) Ballard.
Ballard, Stanley Sumner was born on October 1, 1908 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Hudson and Myrtle (Stanley) Ballard.
AB, Pomona College, 1928; Doctor of Science (honorary), Pomona College, 1974; Master of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1934.
Assistant physics, Dartmouth College, 1928-1930;
teaching fellow physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1930-1934;
research fellow, University of California at Berkeley, 1934-1935;
instructor physics, U. Hawaii, 1935-1937;
assistant professor physics, U. Hawaii, 1937-1941;
research associate geophysics, Hawaii National Park, 1936-1941;
consultant spectroscopy experimental station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, 1937-1940;
collaborator in soil chemistry, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 1939-1941;
professor physics, department chairman, Tufts College, 1946-1954;
research physicist, University of California Scripps Institution Oceanography, 1954-1958;
professor physics, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1958-1981;
Distinguished Service professor, U. Florida, 1978-1981;
emeritus, U. Florida, since 1982;
department chairman physics and astronomy, U. Florida, 1958-1971;
director division physical and mathematics science, U. Florida, 1968-1971. Consultant physicist Polaroid Corporation, 1946-1954, Baird Associates, Inc., 1946-1951,Planning Research Corporation, 1956-1958. Consultant Rand Corporation, 1952-1971, physicist electronics department, 1953-1954.
Consultant Willow Run laboratories, University of Michigan, 1957-1965. Infrared consultant United States Air Force Atlantic Missile Range, 1960-1963. Consultant astrionics division Aerojet General Corporation, 1961-1966.
Consultant Douglas Advanced Research laboratories, 1966-1970. Professor physics University of California at Berkeley, summer 1949. United States delegate International Commission Optics (International Union Pure and Applied Physics), Delft, Holland, 1948, London, 1950, Madrid, 1953, Boston, 1956, Stockholm, 1959, Munich, 1962, Paris, 1966, Reading, England, 1969, Santa Monica, California, 1972, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1975, Madrid, 1978, Graz, Austria, 1981.
Chairman United States national committee International Commission Optics,1948-1957. Member Armed Forces National Research Council vision committee, executive secretary, 1956-1959. Vice president International Commission Optics, 1948-1956, president, 1956-1959.
Served from lieutenant to Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946. Officer-in-charge research and development optics and infrared instruments Bureau Ordnance, Navy Department and radiometry section technical staff Joint Task Force One (atom bomb tests). Fellow American Physical Society (Pegram medal 1981), American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary section B physics 1960-1967, vice president 1968), Physical Society London, Optical Society of America (secretary local sections 1947-1953, associate editor journal 1950-1983, vice president for meetings 1955-1959, president 1963, distinguished service award 1977), Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
Member American Institute Physics (governing board 1962-1965, 67-73), Japan Society Applied Physics (honorary), Florida Academy of Sciences (medalist 1979), American Association Physics Teachers (president 1968-1969, distinguished service citation 1975, Oersted medal 1985), German Society Applied Optics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Pi Sigma (national president 1959-1962), Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Torch.
Married Mary Elizabeth Miller, September 13, 1935. Children: Mary Susan, John Stanley (deceased). Married Carol Reeves Hanke, February 23, 1974.