Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1904, July 11 | Born, Flint, Mich. |
1925 | A.B., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. |
1926 | A.M., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. |
1926-1928 | High school teacher, Indianapolis, Ind. |
1930-1937 | Instructor of physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
1931 | Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
1937-1938 | Lalor fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
1938-1947 | Professor of physics, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Ill. |
1947-1948 | Assistant director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N.Y. |
1948-1961 | Director, Bookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N.Y. |
1951-1960 | Vice president, Associated Universities, Inc. |
1960-1961 | President, Associated Universities, Inc. |
1961-1963 | Member, United States Atomic Energy Commission |
1963-1969 | Director, National Science Foundation |
1969-1977 | Special assistant to the president, Associated Universities, Inc. |
1978 | Published with Charles F. Dunbar and J. B. H. Kuper, "Stimulating the Development of Basic Research: Establishment and Operation of a Large Scientific Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory" in Systems for Stimulating the Development of Fundamental Research, National Science Foundation |
1979, Mar. 5 | Died, Port Jefferson, N.Y. |