Educational Background
Ph.D. Ohio University, 1970 Physics
M.S. Union College, 1965 Physics and Mathematics
B.S. Ohio University, 1962 Physics
Medical Technology, U.S. Army, 1956
(Registered Medical Technologist, AMT, 1961)
Professional and Learned Societies
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Pi Sigma
Sigma Xi
American Association of Physics Teachers
National Science Teachers Association
Ohio Academy of Sciences, elected to fellowship, 1973
South Carolina Academy of Sciences
American Association of University Professors
American Medical Technologists
Textbooks (authored and coauthored)
(current)
*An Introduction to Physical Science, Houghton Mifflin
(13 editions, 1970 - 2008. First edition of An Introduction to Physical Science was published locally at Ohio University in 1970. D.C. Heath published the national first edition in 1971.)
*College Physics, Prentice Hall
(6 editions, 1990 - 2007)
*Physics Laboratory Experiments, Houghton Mifflin
(6 editions, 1981 - 2005)
(others)
*Fundamentals of Physical Science, D.C. Heath
(2 editions, 1992 - 1996)
*Practical Conceptual Physics, Saunders
(3 editions, 1986 - 1993)
*Technical College Physics, Saunders
(3 editions, 1982 - 1992)
*Physics: Concepts and Applications, D.C. Heath
(2 editions, 1977 - 1981)
*An Environmental Approach to Physical Science, D.C. Heath
(1 edition, 1974)
*Physical Science: Readings on the Environment, D.C. Heath
(1 edition, 1974)
(37 editions in 38 years.)
Some texts have been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.
