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Franklin Evans Roach〔 (September 23, 1905〔Obituary, Osterbrock, ''BAAS'', p. 1608.〕 - September 21, 1993〔Obituary, Osterbrock, ''BAAS'', p. 1610.〕) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, geophysicist, professor,〔 and scientist analyzing UFO phenomenon who made significant contributions to the field of aeronomy in upper atmosphere research as one of its fathers. Roach was involved in high explosives physics research connected with the Manhattan Project and later with NICAP and the Condon Committee as part of ufology. ==Biography== Roach was born in Jamestown (now known as Jamestown Charter Township), Ottawa County, Michigan, fifteen miles southwest of Grand Rapids to his optometrist father Richard Franklin Roach〔 (1878-1939)〔Roach, ''Musings'', p. 11.〕 and his mother, a housewife, Ingeborg "Belle" Mathilde〔Roach, ''Musings'', p. 15.〕 Torgerson〔 (1878-1957).〔 Franklin Roach died two days before reaching age 88. Franklin was a Boy Scout as a youth reaching the rank of First Class while participating in a Scout Troop in Wheaton, Illinois under the direction of his father who was its Scoutmaster. Roach attended in 1919-1921 his first two years of secondary education at Wheaton High School〔The site of the original Wheaton Grade School and Wheaton High School housed in the same physical building constructed in 1874 and in operation with classes in 1876 is now known as Longfellow Elementary School in Wheaton, Illinois.〕 in Wheaton, Illinois. This was followed by his final two years with graduation in 1923 from Benjamin Franklin High School in Los Angeles, California while residing in the Highland Park region of that city from 1921-1923. Roach had three siblings: Laurance (c1909/1910-1993), Alice (-1995), and Richard (-1982). Roach is buried in Boulder, Colorado. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franklin E. Roach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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