Background
Holladay, Wendell Gene was born on August 23, 1925 in Huntingdon, Tennessee, United States. Son of Carlie Bertran and Josie (Crider) Holladay.
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Wendell Gene Holladay
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Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1949; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1954.
Career
Alumni Research Foundation fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1950-1952; National Science Foundation fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1952-1954; visiting research assistant, Brookhaven National Laboratory, summer 1953; member of faculty, Vanderbilt University, since 1954; professor physics., Vanderbilt University, since 1962; provost, Vanderbilt University, 1978-1983; department chairman physics and astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 1965-1969; dean College Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, 1969-1975; professor of physics, emeritus dean, provost emeritus, Vanderbilt University, 1993. Visiting project associate University of Wisconsin, summer, 1955, visiting associate professor, 1959-1960;visiting research physicist University of California Radiation Laboratory, summer 1956.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Executive Committee Vanderbilt University Employees Credit Union, 1963-1966. Servedwith United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Physical Society (council S.E. section 1964-1966, vice president secretary 1966-1967,president Southeastern section 1967-1968, George B. Pegram award Southeastern Section 1996), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tennessee Academy Science (treasurer 1957-1959, visiting scientist1966-1967).
Member American Association of University Professors (president chapter 1963), American Association Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Virginia Beatrice Mershon, March 17, 1949. Children: Frank Warren, Mark Wendell, Jane Mershon, Mary Joyce.
