What is Ward Plummer?
'''E. Ward Plummer''' (October 30, 1940 – July 23, 2020) was an American [[physicist]]. His main works were in surface physics of metals. Plummer was a Professor of Physics at [[Louisiana State University]].<ref name=aip_bio> {{Cite web|title=Biography of E. Ward Plummer|url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11608011.html|access-date=2020-07-24|website=American Institute of Physics|language=en}}</ref><ref name=lsu_listing> {{Cite web|title=LSU Physics and Astronomy listing of E. Ward Plummer|url=https://www.lsu.edu/physics/people/faculty/plummer.php|access-date=2020-07-24|website=LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy|language=en}}</ref><ref name=lsu_page> {{Cite web|title=LSU Physics and Astronomy home page of E. Ward Plummer|url=http://www.phys.lsu.edu/plummer/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy|language=en}}</ref> He was born in [[Astoria, Oregon]]. In 2014, he was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. Plummer died in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]] on July 23, 2020 at the age of 79.<ref name=LSU_mourns>{{cite web|url=https://www.lsu.edu/physics/news/2020/ward_plummer_memorial.php|publisher=LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy|title=LSU Mourns the Passing of Internationally Renowned Professor E. Ward Plummer|access-date=2020-07-24}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Plummer, Ward}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Academics from Louisiana]] [[Category:Scientists from Oregon]] {{US-bio-stub}}