Background
Ham, William Taylor was born on September 20, 1908 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of William Taylor and Lucy Goode (Coleman) Ham.
researcher Biophysics educator
Ham, William Taylor was born on September 20, 1908 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of William Taylor and Lucy Goode (Coleman) Ham.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, U.Va., 1931, Master of Science in Physics, 1933, Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, 1935.
Research associate University of Virginia, 1935-1936, Manhattan Project, University of Virginia, Office Science Research and Development, 1940-1943. Instructor physics Columbia University, 1936-1937. Research physicist Kendall Mills Company, 1937-1939.
President West.T. Ham & Company, brokers, 1939-1940.
Division head physics and electronics Institute Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1946-1948. Associate professor biophysics Medical College Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1948-1953, professor, chairman biophysics department, 1953-1976, professor emeritus, 1976.
Member fellowship panel National Science Foundation, 1955-1958. Consultant National Research Council-National Academy Sciences, Bell Telephone Сompany laboratories, Xerox, Polaroid Company, General Electric Company, Eastman Kodak Company, National Cash Register, Corning Glass Works.
Member radiation advisory board Commonwealth of Virginia, 1964-1983.
Major United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946.Grantee National Institutes of Health, United States Army, United States Navy, others Recipient life Achievement award in science Science Museum of Virginia, Commomwealth Virginia, 1990.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Biophysics Society, American Society Photobiology, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Health Physics Society (president 1963-1964), Bioelectromagnetic Society, Farmington Country.
Married Jean Anderson, October 5,1940. Children: Christina Anderson, Elspeth Read.