Van Zandt Williams

Background

Williams, Van Zandt was born on March 29, 1916 in Providence. Son of Arthur Olney and Elizabeth (Gillespie) Williams.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1941.

Career

With American Cyanamid Research laboratories, 1941-1948, assistant director physics division, 1943-1948. With Perkin-Elmer Corporation, 1948-1965, vice president technical development, 1960-1965. Director American Institute Physics, since 1965.

Achievements

• Van Zandt Williams has been listed as a noteworthy physicist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association Physics Teachers, Optical Society American (president elect 1965), American Chemical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Society Applied Spectroscopy, Coblentz Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married Mary Parmelee Bridgeman, September 20, 1941. Children: Van Zandt, Richard Bridgeman.

Father:

Arthur Olney Williams

Mother:

Elizabeth (Gillespie) Williams

Spouse:

Mary Parmelee Bridgeman

child:

Richard Bridgeman Williams

child:

Van Zandt Williams