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After graduating from Blakely High School (Peckville, PA) in 1955, John enrolled in the University of Scranton as a commuting student. He initially studied electronics then switched to physics.\u00a0 He graduated with a BS degree in Physics in 1959.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"UofS03973\"<\/a>John demonstrating a pulse height analyzer to a fellow student at the University of Scranton.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"UofSPhysicsClub1\"<\/a><\/span>The executive committee of the Physics Club at the University of Scranton<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After graduating he was accepted for studies in Nuclear Physics at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. He graduated with an MS degree in physics in 1961.\"MSThesisExperiment2\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John at the controls of the electron accelerator located at the GE facility in Milwaukee. The accelerator was used to study photo absorption for his MS thesis at Marquette.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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John making adjustments to the target chamber for the photo absorption experiment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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He\u00a0 continued his graduate studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and graduated in 1965 with a PhD degree in Nuclear Physics.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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John making adjustments at the experimental data collection room.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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John making adjustments to detectors located at an experimental end station of the 5-MV Van de Graaff particle accelerator facility .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The data collected was used for his PhD thesis using an O18<\/sup>(alpha,n)<\/strong><\/span>Ne21<\/sup><\/strong><\/span> reaction to study excited states in Ne21<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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