Physics Professor Paul Camp: 1919-2012
Former professor and chair of the University of Maine Department of Physics Paul R. Camp died Jan. 9 at the Maine Veterans Home. He was 92. Camp taught and conducted research at UMaine from 1967 until 1996. A 1941 Wesleyan University graduate, the Connecticut native joined scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., whose focus was on the development of radar, according to his obituary in the Bangor Daily News. A U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, Camp received a master’s in physics from Harvard in 1947 and a Ph.D. in 1951 from Penn State University. His professional career included teaching at Reed College in Portland, Ore., the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in New York, Physicist at Large at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N.H., and he was a staff member on the Commission on College Physics at the University of Michigan. In 2010, Camp was honored as a distinguished emeritus professor at the UMaine College of Engineering’s Gorman Emeriti Brunch. At UMaine, he established the Ph.D. program in physics and was active in departmental, university and professional activities. His research focus was in solid state physics with special interest in the surface growth of ice. Camp is survived by his wife, Polly, three children, five grandchildren and nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held later this month. Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Maine Foundation, 2 Alumni Place, Orono, 04469 for scholarships to students in engineering physics.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756