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Coker, William Rory was born on December 20, 1939 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of William Russell and Mary Louise (Mize) Coker.
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William Rory Coker
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William Rory Coker, American Physics educator, researcher. Achievements include pioneering research on channel coupling effects and multistep processes in direct reactions, on microscopic analysis of proton elastic and inelastic scattering from nuclei at medium energies, on microscopic analysis of K+ elastic scattering from nuclei.
Education
Bachelor of Science cum laude, U. Georgia, 1961; Master of Science in Experimental Nuclear Physics, U. Georgia, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, U. Georgia, 1966.
Career
Research associate, Center for Nuclear Studies, Austin, Texas, 1966-1968; assistant professor physics, University Texas, Austin, 1968-1972; associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1972-1980; professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1980.
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Married Judy Diane Dorbandt, October 3, 1971.
