William Hambleton Parkinson

Background

Parkinson, William Hambleton was born on June 26, 1932 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of William and Norma Elizabeth (Thompson) Parkinson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1956; Master of Science in Physics, U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1959.

Career

Lecturer in astronomy, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1961; senior research associate, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1969; associate director atomic and molecular physics division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysics, Cambridge, 1973-1987; physicist, Smithsonian Institute, Cambridge, 1973-1987; supervisory physicist, Smithsonian Institute, Cambridge, 1987-1991; senior physicist, Smithsonian Institute, Cambridge, since 1991.

Achievements

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

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society. Member Internat Society Optical Engineering, Internat.Astron. Union (commission 14 vice president 1991-1994, president since 1994), American Astronomical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: aviculture, gardening.

Connections

Married Phyllis Thurlow Smith, September 2, 1954. Children: William Richard Cameron, Daniel Dougald Lee.

Father:

William Parkinson

Mother:

Norma Elizabeth (Thompson) Parkinson

Spouse:

Phyllis Thurlow Smith

child:

Daniel Dougald Lee Parkinson

child:

William Richard Cameron Parkinson