Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1900, June 12 | Born, Walla Walla, Wash. |
1921 | B.S., Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash. |
1922 | M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. |
1923-1926 | Chemist, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. |
1925 | Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. |
1926-1928 | Guggenheim fellow |
1928-1948 | Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio |
1936 | Member, solar eclipse expedition |
1941 | Married Ione Sundstrom |
1942-1944 | Member, National Defense Research Committee |
1942-1945 | Member, War Metallurgy Committee |
1944-1945 | Head, liaison office, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Paris, France Member, Alsos mission |
1945 | Elected member, National Academy of Sciences |
1945-1947 | Head, Science department, Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif. |
1947-1958 | Associate director, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. |
1950-1960 | Editor, Journal of the Optical Society of America |
1951-1960 | Director, American Chemical Society |
1954-1957 | Chairman, Science Research Society of America |
1958 | President, American Association for the Advancement of Science Member, President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers Member, board of governors, American Institute of Physics Recipient, Exceptional Service medal, Commerce Department Recipient, Applied Spectroscopy medal, Society of Applied Spectroscopy |
1958-1960 | Member, President's Science Advisory Committee Science advisor, State Department |
1959 | Chairman, board of directors, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
1960 | Member, U.S. Science Manpower Commission Recipient, Priestley medal, American Chemical Society |
1960-1963 | Member, board of governors, American Institute of Physics |
1961 | President, Optical Society of America |
1961-1962 | President, Sigma Xi |
1965-1967 | Foreign secretary, American Chemical Society |
1974, Oct. 10 | Died, Washington, D.C. |