Background
Woodruff, Truman Owen was born on May 26, 1925 in Salt Lake City. Son of Wilford Owen and Evelyn (Ballif) Woodruff.
Woodruff, Truman Owen was born on May 26, 1925 in Salt Lake City. Son of Wilford Owen and Evelyn (Ballif) Woodruff.
AB, Harvard University, 1947; Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1955.
National scholar, Harvard, 1942-1944, 46-47; Sheldon traveling fellow, Harvard, 1947-1948; Rhodes scholar, University of Oxford, 1948-1950; Dow Chemical Company fellow, Howard Hughes fellow, California Institute Technology, 1950-1954; research associate physics, University of Illinois, 1954-1955; physicist, General Elec. Research Laboratory, 1955-1962; professor physics, Michigan State University, 1962-1985; professor emeritus, Michigan State University, since 1985; department chairman, Michigan State University, 1972-1975; senior scientist research laboratories, Hughes Aircraft Company, Malibu, California, 1986-1987; consultant in physics, Los Angeles, 1987-1991. Visiting professor Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, since 1982.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Physical Society. Member Association Harvard Chemists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Ambrosina Lydia Solaroli, September 14, 1948 (deceased June 1991). Married Patricia O'Keefe Vincent, September 23, 1995.
