Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967

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Physicist and science administrator.

From the description of Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1917-1967 (bulk 1940-1963). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980271

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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, U.S. 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 1942 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 1943 1946 Deputy chief (1943-1945) and chief (1945-1946), Office of Field Services, Office of Scientific Research and Development 1946 1951 Deputy chief and chief scientist, Office of Naval Research 1948 Awarded Presidential Medal for Merit 1951 1963 Director, National Science Foundation 1963 Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1963 1967 Consultant, National Academy of Sciences 1967, Nov. 31 Died, Bethesda, Md. From the guide to the Alan Tower Waterman Papers, 1917-1967, (bulk 1940-1963), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958


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