Robley D. Evans (physicist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robley D. Evans (physicist)

American physicist

Date of Birth: 18-May-1907

Place of Birth: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1995

Profession: physicist, university teacher, nuclear physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robley Dunglison Evans (18 May 1907 – 31 December 1995) was an American physicist.
He was born on 18 May 1907, in University Place, Nebraska and earned his doctorate at the California Institute of Technology in 1932.
In 1934, he joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he retired in 1972. Evans died at the age of 88 of respiratory failure on December 31, 1995 in Paradise Valley, Arizona where he lived in retirement.
Evans was survived by his wife and onetime colleague, the former Mary Margaret Shanahan of Paradise Valley, and three children.
For all his efforts and research he is considered one of the founders of Nuclear Medicine.