The Robert A. Millikan award established in 1962 recognizes physicists who have made notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics. It is an honor for me to represent AAPT in recognizing John S. Rigden as the 2005 awardee.
John Rigden is currently an honorary Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his B. S. from Eastern Nazarene College and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Upon completion of his graduate work he was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. He has served on the faculties of Eastern Nazarene College, Middlebury College, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In 1987 he joined the American Institute of Physics and served as its Director of Physics Programs. Rigden’s scholarly works have concentrated on the areas of molecular physics and the history of science.
Professor Rigden’s professional activities are known and respected at the national and international levels....
