Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1905, Feb. 1 | Born, Sleepy Eye, Minn. |
| 1926 | Joined Naval Reserve as seaman and aviator |
| 1927 | Graduated, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1928-1930 | Engineer on first Antarctic Expedition or Richard Evelyn Byrd |
| 1933-1935 | Studied physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1933-1941 | Physicist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1936 | Became secretary of joint committee of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics and the International Union of Radio Sciences |
| 1940-1941 | Consultant, National Defense Research Committee |
| 1941 | Called to active duty as head of Radar Section, Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy |
| 1943-1945 | Directed Electronics Materiel Branch of Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy |
| 1946-1947 | Executive secretary, Research and Development Board |
| 1947-1951 | Head, Section on Exploratory Geophysics of the Atmosphere, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution |
| 1948 | Became member of executive committee of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
| 1948-1962 | Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1949 | Special assistant to the secretary of state and chairman, Joint Military Assistance Coordinating Committee of the Department of Defense, State and ECA to organize military assistance program of the North Atlantic Treaty |
| 1951-1960 | President, Associated Universities, Inc., New York, N.Y. |
| 1955 | Became president of International Council of Scientific Unions |
| 1956-1959 | Member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Scientific Advisory Committee |
| 1958 | First chairman of Space Science Board |
| 1961 | President, Institute of Radio Engineers |
| 1960-1967 | President, Graduate Research Center of the Southwest, Dallas, Tex., and director of its Southwestern Center for Advanced Studies |
| 1967, June 4 | Died, Washington, D.C. |