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William Hinckley Avery, American Physicist, chemist. Recipient C.N. Hickman award, 1951, Presidential certificate of merit, 1948, Naval Ordnance Development award, 1945, International Rectifier 100 award, 1979, Sir Alfred Egerton award, 1972, William H. Avery Propulsion Research Laboratory established in his honor Johns Hopkins University, 1989, renamed William H. Avery Advanced Technology Development Laboratory, 1996.

Background

Avery, William Hinckley was born on July 25, 1912 in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. Son of Edgar Delano and Mabel Abbey (Gordon) Avery.

Education

AB, Pomona College, 1933; AM, Harvard, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Harvard, 1937.

Career

Postdoctoral research assistant infrared spectroscopy, Harvard, 1937-1939; research chemist, Shell Oil Corporation, St. Louis, Houston., 1939-1943; head propulsion division, Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Cumberland, Maryland., 1943-1946; consultant in physics and chemistry, Arthur D. Little Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946-1947; professional staff member, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland., 1947-1973; assistant director exploratory development, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1973-1978; director ocean energy programs, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1978-1989; retired, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 1989. Member various committees Department Of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Research Council, National Academy Sciences. National Academy Engineering, since 1955.

Member technical advisory board panel on Special Security Team environmental research Department Commerce, 1971. Member subcommittee Atomic Energy Commission, President's Energy Report, 1973.

Achievements

  • William Hinckley Avery has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (technical director 1968-1971). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Hydrogen Energy Association, American Chemical Society, Combustion Institute (director 1960-1980, Sir Alfred C. Egerton Gold medal 1971), Marine Technology Society, International Hydrogen Energy Institute, Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Helen Wallace Palmer, July 18, 1938. Children— Christopher, Patricia (Mistress W. Randolph Bartlett, Junior).

Father:
Edgar Delano Avery

Mother:
Mabel Abbey (Gordon) Avery

Spouse:
Helen Wallace Palmer

child:
Junior) Avery

child:
Christopher Avery

child:
Patricia (Mistress W. Randolph Bartlett Avery