William Charles Parkinson Papers, 1950-1990

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William Charles Parkinson Papers, 1950-1990

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Professor of physics at the University of Michigan; director of the cyclotron laboratory, 1962-1977; inventor of method and apparatus for measuring the velocity of a projectile and of an automatic timing and sequence-indicating system used in swimming. Series in the collection relate to cyclotron laboratory and research; department of physics activities, including history; professional organizations; swimming judging and timing system; University of Michigan committee assignments; and photographs.

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University of Michigan. Department of Physics

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See the historical sketch for the Dept. of Physics (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Dept. of Physics (University of Michigan) publications, 1915-ongoing, 1988-1998, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The first course in physics at the University of Michigan, entitled "Natural Philosophy," was taught in the Fall of 1843 by George Palmer Williams, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. A Professor of Physics and Ci...

Parkinson, William Charles, 1918-

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William C. Parkinson was born February 11, 1918 in Jarvis, Ontario. He received his BSE (1940), Master's (1941), and Ph.D. (1948), all in physics, from the University of Michigan. His professional association with the University of Michigan began in 1936 when he became an assistant nuclear physicist. In 1942, he left Ann Arbor to become a physicist at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University. He also worked at Johns Hopkins' Office of Science Research and Development in 1...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...