William Jordan Knox

Background

Knox, William Jordan was born on March 21, 1921 in Pomona, California, United States. Son of Reginald Langenberger and Kate (Jordan) Knox.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of California, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California, 1951.

Career

Research assistant, University of Chicago, 1942-1943; junior chemist, Clinton laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1943-1944; junior technologist, Hanford (Washington) Engineering Works, 1944-1945; chemist, Clinton laboratories, Oak Ridge, 1945-1946; chemist, physicist, Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1946-1951; research physicist, assistant professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1951-1960; associate professor, professor physics, University of California, Davis, since 1960. Physicist United States Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Research, Washington, 1953-1955, consultant, 1956. Consultant Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1980-1985.

Achievements

• William Jordan Knox has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Barbara Louise House, September 27, 1948. Children: William Jordan Junior, Margaret Louise, Sarah Ann, Reginald Vernon.

Father:

Reginald Langenberger Knox

Mother:

Kate (Jordan) Knox

Spouse:

Barbara Louise House

child:

William Jordan Junior Knox

child:

Sarah Ann Knox

child:

Reginald Vernon Knox

child:

Margaret Louise Knox