William Charles Parkinson

Background

Parkinson, William Charles was born on February 11, 1918 in Jarvis, Ontario, Canada. Son of Charles Franklin and Euphemia Alice (Johnston) Parkinson. came to the United States, 1925, naturalized, 1941.

Education

Biosystems Engineering, University of Michigan, 1940; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1948.

Career

Physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1942-1946; Physicist, Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1943-1944; member of faculty, University of Michigan, since 1947; professor physics, University of Michigan, 1958-1988; professor emeritus physics, University of Michigan, since 1988; director cyclotron laboratory, University of Michigan, 1962-1977; member subcommittee nuclear structure, National Research Council, 1959-1968; member nuclear physics sub panel management and costs nuclear program, 1969-1970; advisory panel physics, National Science Foundation, 1966-1969. Consultant graduate science facilities, 1968, chairman postdoctoral fellowship evaluation panel, 1969, consultant to government and industry, since 1955.

Achievements

• William Charles Parkinson has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Quondam member Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Fellow American Physical Society. Member New York Academy of Sciences, Biophysics Society, Graduate "M" Club (awarded honorary "M" 1991), Flounders Water Polo, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Martha Bennett Capron, August 2, 1944. Children: Martha Reed, William Reid.

Father:

Charles Franklin Parkinson

Mother:

Euphemia Alice (Johnston) Parkinson

Spouse:

Martha Bennett Capron

child:

William Reid Parkinson

child:

Martha Reed Parkinson