Wolfgang Justus Choyke

Background

Choyke, Wolfgang Justus was born on July 24, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Frederick Samuel and Alice Sophia Amalia (Dessauer) Choyke.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1952.

Career

Research physicist, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1952-1960; fellow physicist, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1960-1963; advisory physicist, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1963-1978; consultant physicst, Westinghouse Research laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1978-1988; Adjunct Professor physics, U. Pittsburgh, 1974-1988; research professor physics, U. Pittsburgh, since 1988. Consultant Northrup-Grumman and Westinghouse Science & Technology Center, Pittsburgh, since 1988. Visiting professor U. Erlangen-Nuremberg, since 1990.

Achievements

• Wolfgang Justus Choyke has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army Signal Corps, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (member commission on aplications physics 1977-1986). Member National Research Council (Chairman of Commission on large band gap semiconductor devices 1993-1995), Optical Society American, American Vacuum Society, Material Research Society.

Connections

Married Helen Ruth Rubenfeld, June 19, 1949. Children: Alice Mathea, Peter Lyle.

Father:

Frederick Samuel Choyke

Mother:

Alice Sophia Amalia (Dessauer) Choyke

Spouse:

Helen Ruth Rubenfeld

child:

Peter Lyle Choyke

child:

Alice Mathea Choyke