Franklin E. Roach
| Franklin E. Roach | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 23, 1905 Jamestown, Ottawa County, Michigan |
| Died | September 21, 1993 (aged 87) Tucson, Arizona |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Astronomy, Astrophysics, Aeronomy, "Engineering Astronomy",Geophysics, Ufology |
| Institutions |
Wheaton College (Illinois) Yerkes Observatory A. O. Smith Perkins Observatory McDonald Observatory Sul Ross State University University of Arizona Steward Observatory U.S. Civil Service California Institute of Technology Manhattan District Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) Cactus Peak Observation Station Fritz Peak Observation Station CRPL (NBS Boulder) Battelle Northwest Laboratories Rattlesnake Peak Observation Station Kitt Peak National Observatory Rutgers University NASA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Morehead Planetarium and Science Center NICAP Condon Committee Honolulu Planetarium, Hawaii |
| Alma mater | Wheaton Grade School Wheaton High School Wheaton College (Illinois) University of Michigan, B.Sc. 1927 Ohio State University University of Chicago, M.Sc. 1930; Yerkes/Chicago Ph.D. 1934 |
| Known for | Photoelectric photometry advances; "nightglow" (airglow) studies; establishment with D.M. Hunten & J.W. Chamberlain of Rayleigh Unit; discovery with C.T. Elvey of "Diffuse Galactic Light". |
| Notable awards | Department of Commerce Gold Medal 1961 |
| Spouse | 1. Eloise Blakslee Roach [1930-1976] (1976, death of Blakslee); 2. Janet Gordon Roach [1977-1993] (1993, death of Franklin Roach). |
| Children | 1. John Raymond Roach (1930-1978) 2. Janet Loraine Roach (1936-) 3. Charlotte Louanne Roach (1937-) 4. Gerard Allyn Roach (1943-) |
Franklin Evans Roach (September 23, 1905 – September 21, 1993) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, geophysicist, professor, and scientist analyzing UFO phenomenon who made significant contributions to the field of aeronomy in upper atmosphere research as one of its fathers. Roach was involved in high explosives physics research connected with the Manhattan Project and later with NICAP and the Condon Committee as part of ufology.
Roach was born in Jamestown (now known as Jamestown Charter Township), Ottawa County, Michigan, fifteen miles southwest of Grand Rapids to his optometrist father Richard Franklin Roach (1878-1939) and his mother, a housewife, Ingeborg "Belle" Mathilde Torgerson (1878-1957). Franklin Roach died two days before reaching age 88.
Franklin was a Boy Scout as a youth reaching the rank of First Class while participating in a Scout Troop in Wheaton, Illinois under the direction of his father who was its Scoutmaster.
Roach attended in 1919-1921 his first two years of secondary education at Wheaton High School in Wheaton, Illinois. This was followed by his final two years with graduation in 1923 from Benjamin Franklin High School in Los Angeles, California while residing in the Highland Park region of that city from 1921-1923.
Roach had three siblings: Laurance (c1909/1910-1993), Alice (-1995), and Richard (-1982).
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