James W. Ring   Education Ph. D. in nuclear physics from the University of Rochester in 1958, Sigma Xi. A. B. with majors in physics and math from Hamilton College in 1951, Phi Beta Kappa.   Experience PROFESSOR (1969-present), Hamilton College ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (1962-69), Hamilton College. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (1957-62), Hamilton College. VISITING SCIENTIST (1965-66) Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, U.K. VISITING SCIENTIST (1973) Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K. VISITING SCIENTIST (1981) Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. VISITING SCIENTIST (1987) Laboratory of Heating and Air Conditioning, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Research during these sabbaticals was supported by a fellowship from N.S.F., by grants from Hamilton College and by the institutions named.