EDUCATION 1944 Diploma, Phillips Exeter Academy 1948 A. B. Harvard University, summa cum laude 1953 Ph.D. Princeton University (physics) EMPLOYMENT 1950-51 Research Assistant, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory 1951-52 Research Associate, Princeton University (Project Matterhorn) 1953-58 Research Associate to Associate Professor, Indiana University 1958-64 Associate Professor to Professor, Brandeis University Department Chair, 1963-64 1964-70 Professor, University of California, Irvine Department Chair, 1964-68 Acting Dean of Physical Sciences, ~one year 1970-75 Professor, University of Massachusetts at Boston Department Chair, 1972-74 1975-82 President, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1982-83 Executive Vice President, University of Maryland system 1983-85 President, Molecular Biophysics Technology, Inc. 1986-87 Education Officer, American Physical Society 1987-93 Executive Director and CEO, American Institute of Physics 1993 -   Self-employed: writer, editor 1995-98 Teacher, Germantown Academy (part time) 1998-99 Director of Science Programs, David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2000-01 Teacher, Germantown Friends School (part time) 2001-02 Consultant, John Templeton Foundation   Also occasional temporary appointments at Los Alamos, and consulting to aerospace firms. PUBLICATIONS See Bibliography link above MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE (Selected) American Association of Physics Teachers President, 1972 American Journal of Physics, Associate Editor, 1974-77 The Physics Teacher, Editorial Board, 2000-2006 American Physical Society Physical Review, Board of Editors, 1960-62 Chair, Forum on Physics and Society, 1981 Chair, Education Committee, 1985-86 Council member, 1984-87 Secretary-Treasurer, Forum on History of Physics, 2001-2004 American Association for the Advancement of Science Council Member in the 1980s-1990s Commission on College Physics Member, 1968-71 HONORS (Selected) 1944 Science Talent Search (Westinghouse) winner 1944 Prize for General Excellence, Phillips Exeter Academy 1948 Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Harvard College 1955-56 Fulbright Fellow, Max Planck Institut, Göttingen, Germany 1961-62 NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Imperial College, London, and M.I.T. 1976 Distinguished Service Citation, American Association of Physics Teachers 2006 Oersted Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers   Fellow, American Physical Society and AAAS PERSONAL See Personal link above Kenneth W. Ford 729 Westview Street Philadelphia, PA 19119-3533 Phone: 215-844-8054 Wireless Phone: 215-439-8568 Fax: 215-844-1399 E-mail: kwford@verizon.net