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B.S. Engineering Physics, University of Arizona
M.S. in Physics, University of Arizona
Ph.D in Physics, Univeristy of Colorado

30 years at Hartnell College
5 years at Palo Verde College

swimming, hiking, photography, travel, and home improvement projects.

I retired in June 2006 after enjoying teaching physics at Hartnell College for 30 years. Previous to Hartnell I taught physics for five years at Palo Verde College in Southern California. Before that I was a graduate student in the physics department at the University of Colorado. My doctoral research was concerned with the measurement of the specific heat of biopolymers at very low temperatures (1.5-20 K). It was great experience, because it involved learning about cryogenics, vacuum systems, electronics, and computers. I also had to learn to get along with other people in my lab group and how to communicate what I was doing with them and the outside world.

Other non-teaching experience includes pulsed nmr spectroscopy measurments on coal and gathering data for writing environmental impact reports for a nuclear power plant. Non-professional interests include swimming, hiking, photography, and home improvement projects.

Retirement plans include lots of travel but also staying in touch with the physics students at the college. I plan to stay involved with the physics club as well as the MESA program. I might even be talked into helping with a physics homework problem now and then.