Walter E. MillettPapers 1923-1928,1946-2003

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Walter E. MillettPapers 1923-1928,1946-2003

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Papers of Walter ElmerMillett (1917-2003), professor of physics at the University of Texas for over35 years. In his retirement Millett frequently worked on a problem regardingthe creation of a photon model, which his family termed his "Yellow Pages"because of his prolific use of yellow legal tablets. The Millett papers areprimarily comprised of these "Yellow Pages," which in addition to his work onthe photon model problem, also contain a number of personal papers, includingcorrespondence, articles, and students' dissertations.

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Millett, Walter E.

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Walter Elmer Millett was born in East Moline, Illinois on July 26, 1917. He received both a BS (1940) and an MS (1942) in physics and mathematics from the University of Florida. He then worked at the MIT Radiation Laboratory for the next three and a half years, where he researched improvements in the resolution of radar systems. After World War II, Millett pursued graduate study in physics at Harvard University, receiving his PhD in 1949. Following an Atomic Energy Commission Postdo...

University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of Physics.

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