Warren Buck (1946- )

August 22, 2008 
/ Contributed By: Secret Charles-Ford

| |Prof. Warren Buck with Cait Buck pose with artwork to be sold to fund Prof. Buck's Scholarship.

Warren Buck

Courtesy University of Washington

Warren Buck was Chancellor (now Emeritus and professor) of the University of Washington, Bothell (UWB), in Snohomish County, from June 1999 through June 2005. Dr. Buck was born on February 16, 1946 to Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Buck Jr., in Washington, D.C. Buck earned his high school diploma in 1963, at Spingarn High School, Washington, D.C., and then enrolled for two years of study (1963-65) at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland in 1968 and two years later received an M.S. in Physics (1970: Experimental and Theoretical Plasma) from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received a Ph.D. in Physics (Theoretical Relativistic Nuclear), from William and Mary in 1976.

Warren Buck was the founding Director/Principal Investigator of the Nuclear/High Energy Physics (NuHEP) Research Center of Excellence while a professor of Physics at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. In addition to helping to build a scientific program at the Jefferson Lab and creating the popular HUGS at CEBAF Summer School for graduate students and the Undergraduate Institute in Physics/REU summer program, Chancellor Buck serves, and has served, on a variety of national and international physics and educational committees that include the Board of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility’s Users Group. His efforts at Hampton University spurred the creation and implementation of the Hampton University Ph. D. Degree program in physics; the first PhD degree program on the Hampton campus.

Buck is nationally and internationally recognized for his work in physics and physics education and is a Fellow and Life Member in the American Physical Society. Buck has numerous publications with the most recent one being titled, “Opening New Frontiers in Space: Choices for the Next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity” for the Committee on New Opportunities in Solar System Exploration: An Evaluation of the New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity (April 2008). Dr. Buck returned to the faculty in Sept 2006 and teaches physics at UW Bothell and at UW Seattle as Adjunct Professor of Physics.

While Dr. Buck has spent most of his professional life working in physics and university administration, he has continued to explore an internal desire for artistic expression and is owner of Buck-ART, LLC. Recently, Buck returned to acrylic painting creating the Omega series. Hence the Omega series, where bodies flow into auras (energy fields) and auras flow into other auras and bodies flow into symbolizing our complex, multifaceted connectivity with each other. Dr. Buck is currently married to Cate Buck. The couple has four adult children.

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Secret Charles-Ford, Ed.D, graduated from the School of Educational Leadership & Change at Fielding Graduate University (2014). Dr. Charles-Ford earned two master degrees while attending Antioch University, Seattle. Her first graduate degree was earned in the Environment & Community program (2004) with a second graduate degree earned in Education (2007). Dr. Charles-Ford earned her undergraduate degree through the Department of Geography at the University of Washington (2001). Charles-Ford has been writing for Blackpast.org since 2007.

In 2012, Dr. Charles-Ford published her first book titled Vietnam, PTSD, and Therapy: Survived All That!. The book is about one person’s account and experience as a military personnel and a combat veteran. Vietnam, PTSD, and Therapy: Survived All That! is available for purchase through Amazon.com. In 2015, Charles-Ford co-founded the Imagine the Possibilities: A Community Book Study Group. The goal of this book study group is to deepen understanding, critical thinking, and engagement through discussions, sharing insights, and reflections. Members strive to foster a richer appreciation for literature and promote learning and growth. Since the book groups’ inception, three women have published their own books.

In 2024, Ford was invited to join the Renton Rowing Center Board of Directors serving as the Youth Director. The Renton Rowing Center’s mission is to encourage people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to discover community on and off the water.

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