Background
Yates, Steven Winfield was born on April 19, 1946 in Memphis, Missouri, United States. Son of Claude Charles and Ethel Rebecca Yates.
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Steven Winfield Yates
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, U. Missouri, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1973.
Career
Fellow, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1973-1975;
assistant professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1975-1979;
associate professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1979-1985;
professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1985;
research professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1992-1993;
distinguished professor college arts and science, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1993. Gastwissenschaftler Kernforschungsanlage Juelich, Federal Republic Germany, 1981-1982. Visiting scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1984-1987, physicist, 1989-1990.
Guest physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York,1985-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Science Foundation/Department of Energy Nuclear science Advisory Committee, 1990-1993. Member American Association of University Professors, National Research Council (commission on nuclear and radiochemistry 1990-1993), American Chemical Society (chairman division nuclear chemistry and technical 1992), American Physical Society, Kentucky Academy Science, Sigma Xi.
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Married Linda Margaret Petrosky, June 28, 1975. Children: Michelle Lynne.
Awards
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Recipient research foundation award University Kentucky, 1981. Teacher of year United Kingdom Student Affiliates of American College of Surgeons, Lexington, 1983. Fellow Proctor and Gamble, 1972.Recipient research foundation award University Kentucky, 1981. Teacher of year United Kingdom Student Affiliates of American College of Surgeons, Lexington, 1983. Fellow Proctor and Gamble, 1972.