Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1892, June 4 | Born, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. |
1913 | A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
1914 | M.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
1916 | Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
1916-1917 | Instructor of physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio |
1917 | Married Mary Mallon |
1917-1919 | Lieutenant, Meteorological Section, United States Army Signal Corps |
1919-1923 | Instructor of physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1923-1930 | Assistant professor of physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1931-1948 | Associate professor of physics, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
1933-1942 | Chief reader, College Entrance Examination Board |
1935-1942 | Member, editorial board, American Journal of Science |
1942-1943 | Vice chairman, Division D, National Defense Research Committee, Washington, D.C. |
1943-1946 | Deputy chief (1943-1945) and chief (1945-1946), Office of Field Services, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Washington, D.C. |
1946-1951 | Deputy chief and chief scientist, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va. |
1948 | Awarded Presidential Medal for Merit |
1951-1963 | Director, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, Va. |
1963 | Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom |
1963-1967 | Consultant, National Academy of Sciences |
1967, Nov. 31 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |