William Gideon Spohn

Background

Spohn,, William Gideon was born on March 8, 1923 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Gideon and Inza Mae (Huber) Spohn.

Education

Bachelor, St. Johns College, 1947. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1962.

Career

Instructor mathematics Temple University, Philadelphia, 1952-1954, University Delaware, Newark, 1954-1956. Mathematician Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1954-1955. Instructor mathematics Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1956-1959.

Mathematician, senior staff Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, 1959-1984. Singer, producer Spohn Music Company, Columbia, 1981-1999.

Membership

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Mathematics Association American.

Connections

Married Alice Liane Bailey, September 13, 1946 (divorced). Children: Susan Jeannine Grochowina (deceased), William Gideon III (deceased), Peter Jonathan, Kathleen Anne Precht, Mary Louise. Married Evelyn Walsh Moreland, June 15, 1963 (divorced October 1978).

Married Claire Louise Burgstahler, December 19, 1987 (divorced September 1999).

Father:

William Gideon Spohn,

Mother:

Inza Mae (Huber) Spohn,

Spouse:

Claire Louise Burgstahler

Spouse:

Alice Liane Bailey

Spouse:

Evelyn Walsh Moreland

child:

Susan Jeannine Grochowina Spohn, (deceased)

child:

William Gideon III Spohn, (deceased)

child:

Mary Louise Spohn,

child:

Kathleen Anne Precht Spohn,

child:

Peter Jonathan Spohn,