Background
Albers, Walter Anthony was born on July 19, 1930 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter Anthony and Mary Dorothy (Roberts) Albers.
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Walter Anthony Albers
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Walter Anthony Albers, American Research physicist. Achievements include several patents assigned to General Motors; co-invented a solid state spectroscopy called photoreflectance; established and managed the first societal analysis research department in a United States industrial research laboratory.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Wayne State University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Wayne State University, 1959.
Career
Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1954-1957; senior physicist, Bendix Corporation Research laboratories, Southfield, Michigan, 1957-1962; physicist, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1962-1972; department head, General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1972-1992; president, Albers Systems, Inc., West Bloomfield, Michigan, since 1992. Member Management Science Roundtable, Providence, since 1987.
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Membership
Adviser United Way of America, Alexandria, Virginia, since 1985, United Way Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, since 1986. Member Golf Association Michigan (governor since 1986), Walnut Creek Country Club (senior member, president 1979).
Connections
Married Nancy Rock, August 2, 1952 (deceased 1966). Married Betty McKinley, June 24, 1967. Children: Patricia, Jodie, Kevin, Gaylen, Kurt.
