Woodrow Pemberton


Woodrow Pemberton, 87, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Evansville, died Friday, April 14, 2000, in Fort Myers.

He taught high school in Warrick County and at Bosse High School where he was a physics teacher and department head.

He taught physics as an adjunct professor and visiting professor at Evansville College and Indiana University. He retired from the University of Southern Indiana in 1974 after a 40-year teaching career.

He was a World War II Navy veteran, stationed at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., doing research in ultrasonics for use in anti-submarine warfare. He was a lieutenant commander.

He was a 1931 graduate of Oakland City College and received his master's degree from Indiana University in 1952.

He was a member of the Elks, Optimist and the American Association of Physics Teachers. He was listed in the "American Men of Science."

His honors include, a Distinguished Teacher of Physics Award and he was the subject of one of Ed Klingler's "An Evansville Profile" in the Evansville Press.