William B. Yelon

Background

Yelon, William B. was born on August 23, 1944 in Brooklyn. Son of Martin and Fanny Yelon.

Education

Bachelor, Haverford College, 1965; Master of Science, Carnegie-Mellon, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon, 1970.

Career

Physicist, Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France, 1972-1975; group leader crystal and magnetic structures research reactor, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1975; group leader neutron scattering, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1975; professor physics, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1984. Consultant General Motors Research, Warren, Michigan, 1980-1992, Ovonic Synthetic Materials, Troy, Michigan, 1987-1994. Investigator U. Missouri, Rolla, since 1992.

Achievements

• William B. Yelon has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society, Materials Research Society (steering committee, publication chairann. Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 1988-1994, treasurer annual conference on magnetism and magnetic materials since 1995).

Connections

Married Harriet Gale Most, July 16, 1978. Children: Joshua Michael, Rachel Samara, Sasha Max (deceased), Jessica Leigh.

Father:

Martin Yelon

Mother:

Fanny Yelon

Spouse:

Harriet Gale Most

child:

Joshua Michael Yelon

child:

Rachel Samara Yelon

child:

Jessica Leigh Yelon

child:

Sasha Max Yelon