Raymond V. Adams

I was in the first freshman class to enter Cal State Fullerton. My major was physics and Ray Adams was the physics department head. I find it interesting that Terry said that Rays advisor called him "Cosmic Ray" because just about everyone in my physics class called him Cosmic Ray without knowing the connection to Cal Tech. This was largely due to our understanding of his research preferences. The thing I remember most about Ray Adams is he used to tell us about the dipole antenna he had...

I was an student of Dr. Adams (Advanced Experimental Physics 481) in the spring of 1973. I also worked for him as an student instructor (Physics Lab 226A) in the fall of 1973. He was an excellent professor with near photographic memory and also a very nice and caring person. I ran into him again in 2001 at the Retirement Inn of Fullerton where both he and my mother-in-law were residents. I crossed paths with him in a hallway at the Residence Inn and he smiled at me. With that, my recognition...