Ralph P. Hudson

Ralph P. Hudson is a retired physicist who was born in Wellingborough, England in 1924. He received his B.A. degree, Master's degree, and D.Phil (1949) from Oxford University. He was a scientific officer for the British Ministry of Supply, 1944-1946 and taught physics at Purdue University from 1949 to 1951. Dr. Hudson joined the Cryogenics Section of NBS in 1951 and was later Chief of that section, and then Chief of the Heat Division. He served as Deputy Director of the Center for Absolute Physical Quantities at NBS, 1978-1980. He was a staff member of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, in France, and Editor of Metrologia, 1980-1989. Dr. Hudson was a program manager at the National Science Foundation from 1989 to 1992, and intermittently since then.

Dr. Hudson's honors include the John Price Wetherill Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Stratton and Condon Awards of the National Bureau of Standards, and the Gold Medal of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.