Victor E. Viola

Background

Viola, Victor E. was born on April 8, 1935 in Abilene, Kansas, United States. Son of Victor E. and Frances Nadine (Holmes) Viola.

Education

AB, U. Kansas, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1961.

Career

Instructor, postdoctoral fellow, University of California/Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, 1961-1962; National Science Foundation/Ford postdoctoral fellow, European Organization of Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1963-1964; postdoctoral fellow, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1964-1966; assistant to associate professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1966-1968; professor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1974-1980; professor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1980-1990; Distinguished professor of chemistry, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1990; director cyclotron facility, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1986-1987. Program advising committee Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory BEVALAC, 1988-1992, Argonne National Laboratory Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software, 1988-1991, Los Alamos Meson Facility, 1985-1987. Nuclear chemistry review committee Livermore National Laboratory, since 1987.

Achievements

• Victor E. Viola has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Executive Committee 1988-1990). Member American Association of University Professors, American Chemical Society (secretary 1972-1974, chairman 1980, Executive Committee 1993-1995), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: running, skiing, basketball.

Connections

Married Nancy J. Weaver, Dec.29, 1962. Children: Victor Charles, Randall Warren, Gina Marie.

Father:

Victor E. Viola

Mother:

Frances Nadine (Holmes) Viola

Spouse:

Nancy J. Weaver

child:

Gina Marie Viola

child:

Randall Warren Viola

child:

Victor Charles Viola