At King's Garden High School, he participated for four years in Drama and three sports (football, baseball and track).
1961, June 3, in King County, WA, married Wanda Pearl Chisholm of Everett, WA.
1962 BS Physics (honors), Seattle Pacific University
Dissertation: "Light-nucleus reactions with definite isospin leading to correlated proton-neutron final states."
1971 PhD Physics (MS Physics), University of Washington
1988-89, ABD science Education, University of Texas-Austin
Through the years, Wil worked in many capacities and locations across the U.S., including as a guest physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and visiting staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Professional Experience:
1970-1972, Instructor of Physics at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
1972-1979, Assistant Professor of Physics at University of Texas-Austin
1975-1976 and 1978-1979, Visiting Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory
1979-1981, Research Scientist Faculty at University of Texas-Austin
1981-1989, Technical and Scientific Consultant, Sole Proprietor
1989-1995, Associate Professor of Physics at University of Arkansas-Little Rock
1990-1995, Visiting Scientist [Faculty] in Physics at Indiana University
1991-1995, Affiliate Professor of Physics at University of Washington
1992-2007, Guest Physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
1992-2007, Scientific Associate at the PPE Division CERN, Geneva
1995-2007, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock
2007-2013, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at U of Arkansas-LR
Some of his many professional affiliations have included memberships in the American Physical Society, New York Academy of Science, Arkansas Academy of Science, and the American Association of Physics Teachers.
http://ualr.edu/www/2014/01/08/professor-emeritus-braithwaite-remembered-honored/
For much greater detail visit http://home.comcast.net/~wjbraith/site/
https://strathmore-ltd.com/vip-members/wilfred-john-braithwaite-phd/9a0me4d/
Wilfred was a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas.
He died Sunday December 22nd, 2013.
He is survived by loving family: the woman he married over fifty years ago, four siblings and their progeny and his long term friend and associate. He will be missed greatly by extended family, colleagues, and students.
Guestbook, etc. available at https://arkansascremation.com/?s=Wil+Braithwaite
At King's Garden High School, he participated for four years in Drama and three sports (football, baseball and track).
1961, June 3, in King County, WA, married Wanda Pearl Chisholm of Everett, WA.
1962 BS Physics (honors), Seattle Pacific University
Dissertation: "Light-nucleus reactions with definite isospin leading to correlated proton-neutron final states."
1971 PhD Physics (MS Physics), University of Washington
1988-89, ABD science Education, University of Texas-Austin
Through the years, Wil worked in many capacities and locations across the U.S., including as a guest physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and visiting staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Professional Experience:
1970-1972, Instructor of Physics at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
1972-1979, Assistant Professor of Physics at University of Texas-Austin
1975-1976 and 1978-1979, Visiting Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory
1979-1981, Research Scientist Faculty at University of Texas-Austin
1981-1989, Technical and Scientific Consultant, Sole Proprietor
1989-1995, Associate Professor of Physics at University of Arkansas-Little Rock
1990-1995, Visiting Scientist [Faculty] in Physics at Indiana University
1991-1995, Affiliate Professor of Physics at University of Washington
1992-2007, Guest Physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York
1992-2007, Scientific Associate at the PPE Division CERN, Geneva
1995-2007, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Univ. of Arkansas-Little Rock
2007-2013, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at U of Arkansas-LR
Some of his many professional affiliations have included memberships in the American Physical Society, New York Academy of Science, Arkansas Academy of Science, and the American Association of Physics Teachers.
http://ualr.edu/www/2014/01/08/professor-emeritus-braithwaite-remembered-honored/
For much greater detail visit http://home.comcast.net/~wjbraith/site/
https://strathmore-ltd.com/vip-members/wilfred-john-braithwaite-phd/9a0me4d/
Wilfred was a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas.
He died Sunday December 22nd, 2013.
He is survived by loving family: the woman he married over fifty years ago, four siblings and their progeny and his long term friend and associate. He will be missed greatly by extended family, colleagues, and students.
Guestbook, etc. available at https://arkansascremation.com/?s=Wil+Braithwaite
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Ashes scattered around Little Rock, Arkansas, particularly UALR.
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