Macdonald, J. Ross Papers 1932-1989

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

National Research Council (U.S.)

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. From the descriptio...

Texas instruments incorporated

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Founded 1930, Geophysical Service; 1951, Texas Instruments. Provider of consulting and engineering services; manufacturer of computer components; electronic components; laboratory equipment; semiconductors. From the description of Archives. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306188 Organized in 1930 as Geophysical Service, the company was formed to provide oil exploration services using the reflection seismograph. This technology used sound waves to look deep int...

Macdonald, J. Ross

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James Ross Macdonald, born in 1923, is an author, researcher, and William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics, Emeritus, University of North Carolina. He is a leader in the fields of physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, and electrical engineering, with over 250 articles published. He has worked in research, teaching, and education capacities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Armour Research Foundation, and Texas Instruments, as well as UNC. Macdonald was educat...

Armour Research Foundation (U.S.)

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National Academy of Science

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National Academy of Engineering.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Physics

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Macdonald, J. Ross (James Ross), 1923-

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Physicist (solid state physics). Received DPhil, physics (1950) and DSc (1967) from Oxford University. Research includes: impedance spectroscopy; data analysis; electrolyte double layer; electrochemistry; and condensed matter physics. Professional affiliations include: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Radar and Electronics Laboratory, 1943-1947; Illinois Institute of Technology, Armour Research laboratory, 1950-1952; Argonne National Laboratory, 1952-1953; Texas Instruments Inc., 1953-1974...