Waymouth, John F., 1926- (original) (raw)
Dates
May 24, 1926 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Waymouth, John F., 1926-
Biography
Abstract
John Waymouth is an independent consultant (1988-present). Previously he was affiliated with General Telephone and Electronics Corporation and Sylvania Electric Products. His research interests include electric discharges in gases, and light source applications thereof.
Important Dates
May 24, 1926Birth, Dominican Republic.
1947Obtained BS, University of the South, Sewanee (Tenn.).
1950Obtained PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1950 – 1959Senior Engineer (1950-1958) and Section Head (1958-1959), Sylvania Electric Products, Inc, Danvers (Mass.).
1958 – 1965Consultant, Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1959 – 1988Section Head (1959-1965); Manager, Physics Laboratory (1965-1969); and Director of Research and Development (1969-1988), Sylvania Lighting Products Group, General Telephone and Electronics Corporation, Stamford (Conn.).
1972 – 1975Member, Evaluation Panel, Heat Division, National Bureau of Standards.
1977 – 1979Member, Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee, United States Food and Drug Administration.
1981 – 1983Member, Advisory Committee for Physics, National Science Foundation.
1988 – presentIndependent Consultant.
2000Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
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Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
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People
Additional
Biondi, Manfred Anthony, 1924-
Holstein, Theodore David, 1915-1985
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-
Institutions
Major Positions
General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
Section Head, Sylvania Lighting Products Group; Manager, Physics Laboratory, Sylvania Lighting Products Group; and Director of Research and Development, Sylvania Lighting Products Group.
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.
Senior Engineer and Section Head.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory
Consultant.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1950).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Member, Advisory Committee for Physics.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.
Member, Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
Member, Evaluation Panel, Heat Division.
University of the South
Obtained BS (1947).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with John F. Waymouth, 2008 October 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA