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Tiller, William Arthur

Tiller, William Arthur

Biography

He gained his academic reputation for his scientific work in the field of crystallization.

He studied at the University of Toronto and obtained his B.A.Sc. in 1952 with a degree in Engineering Physics.

He also obtained M.A.Sc. and a Ph.D. degrees from the same university. Altogether, he worked nine years as an advisory physicist with the Westinghouse Research Laboratories and 34 years in academia.

From 1964 to 1992 he was a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, and during this time he held the position of Department Chairman from 1966 to 1971.

In 1970, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship grant in Natural Sciences - Engineering.

In 1992 he became Professor Emeritus.

He is a Physics Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Military Service

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (L) (UNTD) (RCN(R)) (With seniority dated 25/01/1949).

He served in HMCS York for UNTD 1948-1951.

He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (L) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/05/1951). (He was released.)

Anecdotes

He was a Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.[1] He is also the author of Science and Human Transformation, a book about concepts such as subtle energies beyond the four fundamental forces, which he believes act in concert with human consciousness. After his retirement in 1998, he pursued esoteric concepts in psychoenergetics.

References

  • Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
  • Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD)
  • en.wikipedia.org ↗

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