Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1901, June 27 | Born, Canton, South Dakota |
1922 | B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. |
1922-1923 | Teaching fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. |
1923-1924 | Instructor in physics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
1924-1926 | Instructor in physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
1926 | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
1926-1946 | Member, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. |
1927 | Married Winifred Gray Whitman |
1940-1945 | Director, Section T, Office of Scientific Research and Development |
1945-1946 | Director, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Md. |
1946-1966 | Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. |
1966 | Retired |
1982, May 15 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |