Date of Birth: September 19, 1944 Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Nationality: Naturalized U.S. Citizen
Married: Nancy Rose(Ann); Three Children, Pamela Gail, Alexander MacRae and Heather Lynn
Wife’s Nationality: U.S.
Education
1962-66 University of Glasgow, Scotland, B.Sc., First Class Honors, Chemistry.
1966-69 University of Oxford, England, D. Phil., in Physical Chemistry.
Professional Experience
1969-72 Research Associate in Macromolecular Science Division, Materials Science Center, CWRU
1972-74 Senior Research Associate, Materials Science Center, CWRU
1974-79 Assistant Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science, School of Engineering, CWRU
1979-82 Associate Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science, CWRU
1979 Visiting Professor, Summer School of Spectroscopy, Universidad Nacionale Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
1980 Award of Tenure.
1982 Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science, CWRU
1995 Chairman, Department of Macromolecular Science, CWRU
Honors
1962-66 Scottish Education Department Scholarship.
1966-69 Snell Exhibitioner of Balliol College, Oxford, England.
1989 Fellow, American Physical Society
Professional Societies
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
Society of Rheology
Over 130 publications.
Research Interests
- Laser Light Scattering from Polymers in Solution and Bulk States.
- Rheology of Polymer and Surfactant Solutions.
- Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Free Volume in Polymer Materials.
- Thermodynamics and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Blends.
- Viscoelastic Properties of Mucin Glycoproteins and Cartilage Proteoglycans.