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Date(s)
- 1971-2008 (Creation)
Extent
2 Record Cartons (2 cubic feet)
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Patrick George Shepherd was born in England on May 11, 1937. He attended Imperial College in London, later earning a PhD in physics. He was a postdoc and eventually an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Shepherd worked as a physicist at the Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern before emigrating with his family to the US and settling in River Falls. From 1971 to 2000, Dr. Shepherd taught physics and astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In addition to his teaching, he was responsible for developing the department’s advanced physics laboratory. Dr, Shepherd designed the Swensen Sundial sculpture located on the Kleinpell Fine Arts building on the UWRF campus. The John and Beverly Shepherd Scholarship fund for physics majors has been set up at UWRF.
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Scope and content
This collection is composed of 40 notebooks containing the personal research notes of Dr. Shepherd. The notebooks are numbered and mostly chronological. Notes include research projects or experiments, some of which are in collaboration with 3M. The are also two volumes relating to advanced computing regarding telescopes and astronomy.
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Conditions governing access
COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.
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Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.