Background
Meeks, Wilkison Winfield was born on April 4, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ralph and Ruby Katherine (Wagener) Meeks.
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Wilkison Winfield Meeks
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Maryville College, 1937; Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1941.
Career
Physicist, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Washington, 1941-1944; Physicist, Haskins laboratories, New York City, 1944-1946; associate professor, Western Maryland. College, 1946-1947; associate professor, Southern Illinois U., 1947-1948; assistant professor, Western Reserve U., 1948-1955; physicist, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Research Laboratory, 1955-1958; associate professor, Rose Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1958-1960; professor, Rose Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, 1960-1985, retired; chairman physics department, Rose Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, 1960-1968.
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Membership
Member American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America, American Association Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Esther Belle McBain, February 23, 1946. Children— Katherine, Loretta.
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Nationality
American