Perry Yaney

Pericles Constantine Pappas was an American physicist.

Early life and career

Yaney was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 28, 1931. He attended the University of Cincinnati, earning his BS degree in electrical engineering in 1954 and his PhD degree in physics in 1963.
Yaney served as a professor in the department of physics at the University of Dayton from 1975 until his retirement in June 2004. After retiring as a professor, in October 2004, he was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society, "for outstanding contributions to the development of physicists through teaching, research and service; performing significant and long-standing activities in the service of the physics community and mentoring a generation of electro-optics students".

Personal life and death

Yaney was married to Mary Wulfeck. Their marriage lasted until Yaney's death in 2025.
Yaney died in Dayton, Ohio on August 5, 2025, at the age of 94.