Prof William Nash, CBE

Career: res physicist Metropolitan Vickers Manchester 1945-48, res student Univ of Manchester 1948-50; Univ of Nottingham: asst lectr, lectr, sr lectr 1950-64, reader in physics 1964-74, prof of physics 1974-90 (prof emeritus 1991), pro-vice-chllr 1974-80, head Dept of Physics 1981-84; author of over 100 articles on cosmic rays and astrophysics; chm Home Defence Scientific Advsy Ctee 1973-95, chief regnl science advsr Number 3 Regn Home Defence 1962-95, chm E Midlands Univs Military Educn Ctee 1973-90, memb Astronomy and Space Research Bd SERC 1980-84; tstee govr Queen Elizabeth's (1561) Endowed Sch Mansfield 1962-; Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; non-resident memb Hugh Stewart Hall SCR 1962-2007; CPhys, FInstP, FRAS, FRSA