Clarence Bennett was born in 1902. He received his Bachelor's Degree in 1923, his Master's in 1924 and his Ph. D. in 1930, all from Brown University. Bennett was an instructor at Brown from 1924-1931, then taught at MIT from 1931-1934 when he came to the University of Maine as an Assistant Professor. In 1937, he became Head of the Physics Department, a post that he held until his retirement in 1970. In 1971, he was made Emeritus. Clarence Bennett initiated the Engineering Physics program at the University of Maine which shares the distinction with the University of Kansas as being the first in the nation with such a program. Dr. Bennett died in 1990.
From the description of Academic papers 1925-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 53863755
