Lee Casperson

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Lee Wendel Casperson (born 1944) is an American physicist and engineer.

Casperson earned his bachelor of science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966. He then pursued a master of science and doctorate at the California Institute of Technology, graduating in 1971. [1] Casperson subsequently taught at the Portland State University. [2] While at Portland, he was elected a fellow of the IEEE, [2] as well as a fellow of the American Physical Society. [3] He later joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dr. Lee Casperson, Ph.D" . Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Emeritus faculty". Portland State University. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  4. MacDonald, Nathan (2015). "Patterns of Biblical Chronology, written by Lee W. Casperson". Vetus Testamentum. 65 (4): 659–660. doi:10.1163/15685330-12341240-04.