Background
Daehnick, Wilfried W. was born on December 30, 1928 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Adolf F. W. and Adelheid E. (Janke) Daehnick. came to the United States, 1955.
academic administrator physics educator
Daehnick, Wilfried W. was born on December 30, 1928 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Adolf F. W. and Adelheid E. (Janke) Daehnick. came to the United States, 1955.
Bachelor of Science, Technology U. Munich, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, 1951; Master of Science, Hamburg U., Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1958.
Research associate, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1959-1960;
instructor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1960-1962;
assistant professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1962-1965;
associate professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1965-1969;
professor, U. Pittsburgh, since 1969;
associate provost, U. Pittsburgh, 1989-1995. Visiting professor Max Planck Institute for Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Federal Republicof Germany, 1973-1974. Director Scaife Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Pittsburgh, 1978-1979.
Consultant to various organizations, 1957-1989. Board directors Mellon-Pitt-Carnegie Corporation, Ben Franklin Technology Center S.W. Pennsylvania, Bituminous Coal Research National Laboratory, Pittsburgh. Chairman Executive Committee for Academy Computing, 1976-1979, 84-92.
Fellow American Physical Society (division nuclear physics), NASULGC, Sigma Xi.
Married Claire Fullerton, January 30, 1960. Children: Christian C., Michael J., Karen S.