Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1913, Apr. 27 | Born, Tacoma, Wash. |
| 1935 | M.S., Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. |
| 1936 | Married Neva Martin (died 2000) |
| 1939-1941 | Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Identified products of uranium fission Assistant physicist, Carnegie Institution of Wahsington, Washington, D. C. |
| 1940 | Codiscoverer with Edwin M. McMillan of element 93 (neptunium) Developed liquid thermal diffusion, a new method to seperate uranium isotopes |
| 1941-1946 | Associate physicist, physicist, senior physicist, and principal physicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1945 | Awarded United States Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award |
| 1946-1953 | Chair, Biophysics Section, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1953-1971 | Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1959 | Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
| 1960-1963 | Member, General Advisory Committee, Atomic Energy Commission |
| 1962-1984 | Editor, Science magazine |
| 1968-1981 | Council member, National Academy of Sciences, with a seven-year absence from 1971 to 1978 |
| 1971-1978 | President, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1972 | President, American Geophysical Union Awarded Kalinga Prize, Unesco |
| 1974 | Awarded American Medical Association Scientific Achievement Award |
| 1978-1980 | Chairman, Board of Trustees, Bio-Energy Council |
| 1984 | Received Distinguished Public Service Award, National Science Foundation |
| 1987 | Awarded National Medal of Science |
| 1988 | Awarded the American Geophysical Unions's Waldo E. Smith Award |
| 2004, Aug. 1 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |