William Torsch Plummer

Background

Plummer, William Torsch was born in Baltimore. Son of William Edwin and Margaret Fairchild (Torsch) Plummer.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1965.

Career

Lens designer, Muffoletto Optical Company, Towson, Maryland., 1963-1969; senior director optical engineering, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1969. Assistant professor astronomy U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1967-1969. Visiting professor Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1984-1988.

Senior lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991-1994.

Achievements

• William Torsch Plummer has been listed as a noteworthy Optical physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Captain United States Army Reserve, 1965-1967. Fellow Society Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, National Speleological Society, Optical Society American. Member National Academy Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: Third World travel, solar eclipses, caving, oil painting, carpentry.

Connections

Married Susan Bowman White, September 9, 1961. Children: Kathryn, Hilleary.

Father:

William Edwin Plummer

Mother:

Margaret Fairchild (Torsch) Plummer

Spouse:

Susan Bowman White

child:

Kathryn Plummer

child:

Hilleary Plummer