Alexander Abashian (11 March 1930 – 12 February 2014) was an American particle physicist.

Abashian earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University,[1] and served as an adviser to several doctoral students at Virginia Tech.[2][3] Prior to joining the Virginia Tech faculty, he taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and was a member of the research division within the high-energy physics program of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.[4][5] Abashian was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1969,[4] and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1985.[6]

Abashian was married to Dorothy VanDeMar until her death in 2009. The couple raised four children.[7] Abashian died on 12 February 2014.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr. Alexander Abashian". Baltimore Sun. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Browsing Doctoral Dissertations by Author "Abashian, Alexander"". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Browsing ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Author "Abashian, Alexander"". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Francia, Sloan and Cooke to be honored by OSA". Physics Today. 24 (1): 85. January 1971. doi:10.1063/1.3022538.
  6. ↑ Borras, Catherine (26 July 1985). "AAAS Council Meeting, 1985: AAAS Members Elected as Fellows, 30 May 1985". Science. 229 (4711): 356. doi:10.1126/science.229.4711.355.
  7. ↑ "Dorothy VanDeMar Abashian". Roanoke Times. 29–30 October 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2023. Republished by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on 30 October 2009.
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