| Norman Halvor Kiess |
2009
Norman Halvor Kiess, 78, a physicist and investor, died of cancer
Jan. 5 at Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church.
Jan. 5 at Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church.
Dr. Kiess was a native Washingtonian and graduated from Wilson
High School, the private Phillips Exeter Academy in New
Hampshire and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He received
a master's degree in physics from the University of Maryland and a
doctorate in the same field from Johns Hopkins University in 1963.
High School, the private Phillips Exeter Academy in New
Hampshire and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He received
a master's degree in physics from the University of Maryland and a
doctorate in the same field from Johns Hopkins University in 1963.
While working at the old National Bureau of Standards, he wrote
several scientific papers on spectroscopy. In the late 1960s, he
moved to Texas to teach physics at what is now Stephen F. Austin
State University in Nacogdoches, and he later taught at the
University of Southern Mississippi.
several scientific papers on spectroscopy. In the late 1960s, he
moved to Texas to teach physics at what is now Stephen F. Austin
State University in Nacogdoches, and he later taught at the
University of Southern Mississippi.
He eventually returned to the Washington area, where he was a
self-employed investor. He was also a member of the Sigma Xi
scientific honor society.
self-employed investor. He was also a member of the Sigma Xi
scientific honor society.
Survivors include a sister and a brother.
-- Patricia Sullivan
