Background
Hess, Wilmot Norton was born on October 16, 1926 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter Norton and Rachel Victoria (Metcalf) Hess.
Hess, Wilmot Norton was born on October 16, 1926 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter Norton and Rachel Victoria (Metcalf) Hess.
Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, Columbia, 1946; Master of Arts in Physics, Oberlin College, 1949; Doctor of Science, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1954.
Staff, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and Livermore, 1954-1959; head plowshare division, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, 1959-1961; director theoretical division, Goddard Spaceflight Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), Greenbelt, Maryland., 1961-1967; director science and applications, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, 1967-1969; director, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Research laboratories (Commerce Department), Boulder, Colorado, 1969-1980; director, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 1980-1986; director high energy and nuclear physics, unites states department Energy Office of Energy Research, Germantown, Maryland., 1986-1993; associate director, unites states department Energy Office of Energy Research, Germantown, Maryland., 1993-1996; retired, 1996. Adjunct Professor U. Colorado, 1970-1978.
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society. Member National Academy of Engineering.
Married Winifred EstherLowdermilk, June 16, 1950. Children— Walter Craig, Alison Lee, Carl Ernest.