Department of Physics Historical Time Line
We began as the School of Natural Sciences which eventually became the College of Natural Sciences. In 1967, individual departments split off with their own secretaries and department chairs.
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| DEAN |
DEPT CHAIR |
PROFESSORS |
HIRED |
RETIRED |
| Miller, Lee Walace |
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Boekelheide, Irv |
1953 |
1974 |
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Boos, Fred |
1957 |
1989 |
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Plumb, Robert |
1958 |
1983 |
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Mallary, Eugene |
1961 |
1979 |
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Zeilenga, Jack |
1964 |
left in 1980 |
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Mallary
1966-1970 |
McGie, Mike |
1966 |
1998 |
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Millet, L. Edward |
1967 |
2000 |
| Pennington, Frank 1972-1977 |
McGie
1970-1972 |
Young, John |
1970 |
left 1975 |
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Millet
1972-1975 |
Paulson, Robert |
1973 |
2007 |
Stephens, Steve
1977-1991 |
Boos
1975-1979 |
Chau, Cheuk-Kin |
1975 |
2005 |
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Paulson
1979-1982 |
Young, John |
returned 1979 |
2004 |
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Kagan, David |
1981 |
2014 |
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Boos
1982-1984 |
Dietz, Eric |
1983 |
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Millet
1984-1990 |
Buchholtz, Louis |
1986 |
2015 |
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Gash, Philip |
1986 |
2007 |
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Gaffney, Chris |
1987 |
2015 |
Lederer, Roger
1991-2001 |
McGie
1990-1998 |
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Kagan
1998-2003 |
Zou, Xueli |
2000 |
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Houpis, James
2001-2010 |
Gaffney
2003-2013 |
Ayars, Eric |
2003 |
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Atkins, Leslie |
2008 |
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Margaret Owens
interim
2010-2011 |
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Petrova-Mayor, Anna |
2008 |
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Fredricka Harmsen
2011-2014 |
Buchholtz
2013-2015 |
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David Hassenzahl
2014-present |
Zou
2015- |
Nelson, Nicholas |
2015 |
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Department Secretaries:
1967-1987: Rae Ross (20 years)
1987-1989: Arloe Anania-Murray (2 years)
1989-2011: Lisa Washburn
2011-present: Clare Clifford
Stockroom Technicians:
1970-1976: Gene Huenneke
1976-1980: Ron Weakley
1980-1988: Floyd Herendeen
1988-1999: Irene Eggert
1999-Present: Mary Murphy-Waldorf
Society of Physics Students:
Chapter formed December 15, 1981
Advisors:
1981-1989: Fred Boos
1983-2009: David Kagan
2008-Present: Eric Ayars
1983 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society Chapter formed.
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