William V. Houston PersonalPapers, 1925-1968

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William V. Houston PersonalPapers, 1925-1968

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The William V. Houston Personal Papers documentHouston's personal life and academic career beginning with his universityeducation at Ohio State and Chicago in 1925, and continuing with his studies inMunich and Leipzig during 1927 and 1928 and his work at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology from 1928 until he accepted the presidency of RiceInstitute in 1946.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-

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Physicist William Vermillion (1900-1968) was named the second president of the Rice Institute in 1946, and served as both President and a professor of physics. He greatly expanded graduate study and research throughout the Institute and established the residential college system. Houston made pioneering efforts in the fields of atomic spectroscopy and solid state theory. He was the author of two books: Principles of Mathematical Physics (1934) and Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1951). He retir...