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Professor of Applied Physics, Emeritus

Walter Harrison

Professor of Applied Physics, Emeritus
Born April 26, 1930 in Flushing, New York. Grew up in Toledo, Ohio, then to Cornell University for Engineering Physics, B of EP in 1953. Married to Lucille Carley (Lucky) in 1954. PhD in Physics with Frederick Seitz as advisor, in 1956. Nine years in the Physical Metallurgy Section of the General Electric Research Laboratory. Four sons, Richard, John, William, and Robert. Professor of Ap[plied Physics at Stanford University from 1965 to 2001, then Emeritus. Employed by Acorn Technologies, Inc.