Background
Tolles, Walter Edwin was born on February 1, 1916 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Edwin and Aileen (Sessions) Tolles.
Tolles, Walter Edwin was born on February 1, 1916 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Edwin and Aileen (Sessions) Tolles.
Bachelor of Science, Antioch College, 1939; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, State University New York, Brooklyn, 1969.
Assistant, Kettering Foundation, Antioch College, 1937-1939; teaching assistant, University of Minnesota, 1939-1942; physicist division war research, Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Columbia, 1942-1945; supervisor, Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Inc., 1945-1954; head department medical and biological physics, Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Inc., 1954-1968; associate professor obstetrics and gynecology, College Medicine, State University New York, Brooklyn, 1969-1978; president, Applied Science Associations, Inc., 1979-1991. Board of directors Institute Oceanography and Marine Biology, 1959.
Fellow New York Academy of Sciences (science council 1965-1993), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman professional group bio-medical electronics 1959), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Biophysics Society, American Physical Society, American Society Cytology.
Son of Walter Edwin and Aileen (Sessions) T. M. Gudrun Kercher, June 11, 1939. 1 daughter, Mary Wesley.