William E. (“Bill”) Price joined the Army Air Corp during World War II after graduating from high school. His first two years of higher education were at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, USA. With an interest in nuclear power, he transferred to Waynesburg College and completed his Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1951. He began his career as an entry-level physicist at the Naval Ordinance Lab in White Oak, MD, USA, where he learned about designs of torpedoes and mines. To pursue a more nuclear-related career, he transferred to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, USA, where he pursued research into the effects of high-energy radiation on materials, becoming one of few people in the United States to be knowledgeable in that area. Bill also pursued advanced physics courses at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, attaining the equivalent of a master’s degree.

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悼念威廉·E·普莱斯 (1926'2020)


威廉·E·普莱斯 (William E. (“Bill”) Price) 高中毕业后，在第二次世界大战期间加入了陆军航空队。他的头两年高等教育是在美国宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡的葛底斯堡学院接受的。出于对核能的兴趣，他转到韦恩斯堡学院，并于 1951 年完成了物理学理学学士学位。他在美国马里兰州白橡树的海军条例实验室开始了自己的职业生涯，担任初级物理学家，并在那里学习了关于鱼雷和水雷的设计。为了从事与核相关的职业，他转到美国华盛顿特区的海军研究实验室，在那里研究高能辐射对材料的影响，成为美国为数不多的知识渊博的人之一在那个地区。比尔还在马里兰州巴尔的摩市的马里兰大学攻读了高级物理课程，并获得了相当于硕士学位的学位。