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Philip J. Wyatt received his undergraduate education at the University of Chicago and Christ's College, Cambridge University and completed his graduate education at the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana (M.S.) and the Florida State University (Ph. D.). In 1965, he was selected as one of 15 finalists of the first U. S. Scientist Astronaut selection program, but remained behind on Earth. Wyatt is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. The Florida State University named him the Graduate of Distinction for the College of Arts and Sciences for 2003. He is a Registered Agent before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Wyatt Technology Corporation, a physics-based world leader in the development and manufacturer of scientific instruments for macromolecular and particle characterization.
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I have been an industrial physicist for most of my professional career. I would hope that my membership on the FIAP Executive Committee as a Member-at-large would provide me a vehicle to encourage both the Society and future generations of newly graduating physicists to search out the many new types of employment opportunities that need their skills in industry. The Country’s future as a great nation depends now more critically than at any former time in its history on the abilities of its citizens to innovate, develop new technologies, and create new industries. As always, physicists will play a key role in achieving these objectives, but far more are needed to transform such objectives to reality.
Philip J. Wyatt received his undergraduate education at the University of Chicago and Christ's College, Cambridge University and completed his graduate education at the University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana (M.S.) and the Florida State University (Ph. D.). In 1965, he was selected as one of 15 finalists of the first U. S. Scientist Astronaut selection program, but remained behind on Earth. Wyatt is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. The Florida State University named him the Graduate of Distinction for the College of Arts and Sciences for 2003. He is a Registered Agent before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Wyatt Technology Corporation, a physics-based world leader in the development and manufacturer of scientific instruments for macromolecular and particle characterization.Statement
I have been an industrial physicist for most of my professional career. I would hope that my membership on the FIAP Executive Committee as a Member-at-large would provide me a vehicle to encourage both the Society and future generations of newly graduating physicists to search out the many new types of employment opportunities that need their skills in industry. The Country’s future as a great nation depends now more critically than at any former time in its history on the abilities of its citizens to innovate, develop new technologies, and create new industries. As always, physicists will play a key role in achieving these objectives, but far more are needed to transform such objectives to reality.