Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1911, Nov. 11 | Born, Montclair, N. J. |
| 1932 | B.S. in physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1934 | Married Gretchen Hinckley Kraemer |
| 1936-1938 | Instructor in physics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1938 | Ph.D. in physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. |
| 1938-1941 | Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1941-1944 | Assistant director, Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.; headed team that developed SCR 584 gun laying radar |
| 1942-1946 | Consultant to the secretary of war; field duty as chief radar advisor in North African, European, and Pacific theaters of World War II |
| 1947-1951 | Professor of physics and dean of graduate college, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. Editor-in-chief, Radiation Laboratory series of technical books |
| 1948-1952 | Chairman, scientific advisory board to the chief of staff, United States Air Force |
| 1951-1954 | Vice president, International Telemeter Corp., Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1952-1953 | Visiting professor of engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1954 | Published and edited with William A. Nierenberg, Modern Physics for the Engineer (New York: McGraw-Hill. 2 vols.) |
| 1955 | Director of program development, Missile System Division, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Calif. |
| 1955-1957 | Director of research, Missile System Division, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Calif. |
| 1957-1959 | Assistant general manager and chief scientist, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Calif. |
| 1959 | Vice president and general manager, Electronics and Avionics Division, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank Calif. |
| 1959, May 21 | Died, Washington, D.C. |