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<html> <body background = "OpticsJournal-33.jpg"> <title>A. W. Pryor</title> <center> <table width=900 border = 0 bordercolorlight = "#ffffff" bordercolordark = "#000000"> <tr><th bgcolor = "#000023"><font size = 13><font color= #ff9933><a href="http://www.interferometricoptics.com"><img src = "http://www.interferometricoptics.com/lasers33.jpg" align = left border = 0></a>Interferometric Optics</a> </table></center> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="experiment-7.css"></link> <center><h1>Arthur W. Pryor</h1></center> <br> <BODY LINK="#000066" VLINK="004466" ALINK="#000066"> <a href="http://www.tunablelasers.com/laserphysicist.htm"><img src = "http://www.opticsjournal.com/Macquarie tie.jpg" align = right border = 0></a></center> <h2>Brief Biography</h3> <p>Arthur W. Pryor (1928-2014) was an Australian physicist known for his work in acoustics, crystallography, and laser isotope separation. He was a physics graduate from the University of Queensland and received his PhD from the University of Durham.</p> <p>For most of his career Pryor was a research physicist at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission, at Lucas Heights, Sydney, NSW. Concurrently, he was also a Visiting Fellow at the <a href="http://www.opticsjournal.com/schoolofmathematicsandphysics.htm">School of Mathematics and Physics</a>, Macquarie University. At Macquarie he taught atomic physics and electronics, at various levels. <p>Pryor was part of the Australian team, at Lucas Heights, that demonstrated uranium laser isotope separation, utilizing UF<sub>6</sub> and infrared lasers. From an Australian perspective he was probably the most knowledgeable scientists on uranium enrichment as he was also acquainted with the alternative atomic vapor laser isotope separation technique and phase transition methods.</p> <p>Pryor was very active in the Australian Institute of physics (AIP) where he served in various capacities including as a registrar. During the late 1970s Pryor strongly supported the <a href="http://www.opticsjournal.com/BSc.htm">Macquarie Science Reform Movement</a> that transformed the degree structure of Macquarie University. In this regard, he played a critical role in securing a strong endorsement from the AIP for the Macquarie reformers. Years later he wrote frankly and directly about the physics history of Macquarie.</p> <p>Pryor was also interested in the history, politics, and philosophy of science thus generating a series of radio programs on these topics, at 2SER-FM. He even explored issues of physics and faith. His English had a distiguished tone and he spoke almost without an accent.</p> <h2>Selected Publications</h2> <ul> <li>Willis B T M and Pryor A W 1975 <i>Thermal Vibrations in Crystallography</i> (Cambridge: Cambridge University) <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/030101048287064X?via%3Dihub">Eberhardt J E, Hoare I E, Johnson D A, Knott R B, Pryor A W, Waugh A B 1982 Multiphoton dissociation of some volatile uranyl complexes. I. The phenomena of reversible and permanent dissociation <i>Chem. Phys. </i> <b>72</b> 41-49</a> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0301010482870651">Eberhardt J E, Knott R B, Pryor A W 1982 Multiphoton dissociation of some volatile uranyl complexes. II. Frequency and isotopic effects <i>Chem. Phys. </i> <b>72</b> 51-59</a> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0009261482832193?via%3Dihub">Eberhardt J E, Johnson D A, Knott R B, Pryor A W, Waugh A B 1982 Multiphoton dissociation of two vanadyl compounds <i>Chem. Phys. Lett.</i> <b>93</b> 448-452</a> <li>Pryor A W 1997 Personal memories of two advanced uranium enrichment projects at Lucas Heights in the years 1972-1980 <i>The Australian & New Zealand Physicist</i> <b>33</b> (3-4) 53-58 </ul> <br> <center><a href="http://www.tunablelasers.com/F. J. Duarte Australian Physics 47 38-40 (2010).pdf"><img src = "http://www.tunablelasers.com/FJ DUARTE-LASERS CVLDL.jpg"></center></a> <center><p>Laser isotope separation: the Australian research effort.</p><center> <br> <center><h2>Additional Biographies</h2></center> <center><a href="http://www.opticsjournal.com/reaitchison.htm">Ronald E. 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