Ridenour, Louis N. (Louis Nicot), 1911-1959

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Dates:
Birth 1911-06-27
Death 1959-05-21

Biographical notes:

Ridenour was dean of the Graduate College and professor of Physics, 1947-1951, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus).

From the description of Papers, 1946-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154303021

Physicist and author.

From the description of Louis N. Ridenour papers, 1917-1960 (bulk 1945-1959). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984016

Biographical Note

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.

From the guide to the Louis N. Ridenour Papers, 1917-1960, (bulk 1945-1959), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Aberdeen Ballistic Research Laboratory
  • Air Force Research
  • Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
  • Antiaircraft guns
  • Atomic bomb
  • Atomic Energy Commission, United States
  • Atomic Scientists
  • Ballistics
  • Computers
  • Hydrogen bomb
  • International cooperation
  • Loyalty
  • Loyalty security program, 1947-
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory
  • McGraw
  • Metallurgy
  • Military-industrial complex
  • Military Research and Development
  • Naval Research, Office of
  • Nuclear energy
  • Nuclear energy
  • Nuclear energy
  • Nuclear reactors
  • Physics
  • Radar
  • Radar in aeronautics
  • Radiation
  • Rand Corporation
  • Research and development
  • Research and development contracts, Government
  • Research institutes
  • Science
  • Science and state
  • Science and state
  • Science consultants
  • Scientific Research and Development, Office of
  • Solid state physics
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Physicists

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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