Crocker, Malcolm J.
Oral history interview with Malcolm Crocker, 2021 Feb 4
Interview with Malcolm Crocker, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Auburn University. Crocker recounts his childhood in England during World War II where he was inspired by the aircraft industry in the UK at the time. He describes attending University of Southampton for his undergraduate and masters degrees in the aeronautical engineering program. Crocker then worked at Wyle Labs in Huntsville Alabama before returning to England to complete his graduate studies at Liverpool. He describes accepting an offer to join the faculty at Purdue University as an associate professor, where he stayed for many years. Crocker then was offered a position as department head at Auburn. Crocker describes his involvement in the Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE) and his role as a founding director of INCE International. He also details his activity within the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), where he has served on the Noise Committee and the History Committee.
Malcolm Crocker is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Auburn University. He completed his graduate studies at Southampton University and Liverpool University. He was previously a professor at Purdue University. Crocker served as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Acoustics, published in 1997.
Beranek, Leo L. (Leo Leroy), 1914-2016
Crocker, Malcolm J.
Lang, William W. (William Warner)
Lyon, Richard H.
Widnall, S. E. (Sheila E.)
Acoustical Society of America
Auburn University.
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
Purdue University
University of Liverpool.
Wyle Laboratories
Acoustical engineering
Aerospace engineering
Mechanical engineering.
Noise control
Sound
Sound-waves.
Vibration.
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Peppin, Richard J. interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA