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Dr. Robert Greenler is Emeritus Professor of
Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he has
been a faculty member since 1962. He has been instrumental
in the development of the Laboratory for Surface Studies at
Milwaukee, an internationally recognized interdisciplinary
laboratory that has been the focus for much of his research
effort.
He is the organizer of "The Science Bag," a
series of public science programs in Milwaukee that has had over
160,000 attenders since it was started in 1973. He has
been the producer of a series of 30 videotape versions of
selected Science Bag programs that are sold over the country for
classroom use.
Another area of his interest concerns the study
of optical effects of the sky. His book, Rainbows,
Halos, and Glories, was published by Cambridge University
Press in 1980 and has been reprinted in paperback edition by
Peanut Butter Publishing. This interest in optical sky
phenomena has taken him on three field trips to the U.S.
Antarctic Research Station located at the South Pole.
Professor Greenler served at the president of the
Optical Society of America in 1987. In 1988 he received
the Millikan Lecture Award of the American Association of
Physics Teachers for the 'creative teaching of Physics" and in
1993, the first Esther Hoffman Beller Award to be awarded by the
Optical Society of America for "...extraordinary leadership in
advancing the public appreciation and understanding of
science...".
In 2002, his name was placed on a bronze plaque
at the Spaights Plaza on the campus of the university of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee as an individual "...who has made
significant, enduring, and campus-wide contributions to the
growth and development of the university of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee."
His latest book, Chasing the Rainbow:
Recurrences in the Life of a Scientist, was published in
2000 by Elton Wolf.
Dr. Greenler lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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