John Woollam (golfer)
John Woollam may refer to: * John Woollam (physicist), American physicist *John Woollam (politician) John Victor Woollam (14 August 1927 – 1 February 2006) was a British Conservative politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool West Derby at a 1954 by-election. He served until 1964, when the seat was gained by La ...

John Woollam (physicist)
John Arthur Woollam (born 10 August 1939) is an American educator, research physicist, electrical engineer, and George Holmes Distinguished Professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is also a successful entrepreneur who in 1987 founded the J.A. Woollam Company, an ellipsometry company based in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a world leader in the research, development, and commercialization of ellipsometry instruments. Woollam is also a known as a philanthropist and nature conservationist. Early life and education John Woollam was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His interest in physics, engineering, and business was stimulated by his father, Arthur E. Woollam, who ran a water pump company in Kalamazoo. As a teenager John was not interested very much in school classes, but he spent hours at his father's company studying and building pumps. This attitude changed in when he attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he majored in physics. He earned his mas ...
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