Donald Frank Holcomb (November 8, 1925 – August 9, 2018) was an American physicist.
Born in Chesterton, Indiana, on November 8, 1925, Holcomb was raised in primarily in Wood River, Illinois, and graduated from East Alton-Wood River High School in 1943.
His university studies were interrupted by military service in the United States Navy.
In 1964, Holcomb became the third director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics.
[2] The American Association of Physics Teachers awarded Holcomb its Oersted Medal in 1996,[3] a year after his retirement from Cornell.