Arthur Holly Compton chancellorship records, 1945-1953.
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Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Office of the Chancellor.
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Arthur Holly Compton, Chancellor of Washington University, 1945-1953. Born September 10, 1892, Wooster, Ohio; B.A., College of Wooster, 1913; M.A., Princeton University, 1914; Ph. D., Princeton University, 1916; Instructor in Physics, University of Minnesota, 1916-1917; Research Engineer, Westinghouse Lamp Company, 1917-1919; National Research Fellow in Physics, 1919-1920; Chairman, Department of Physics, Washington University, 1920-1923; Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1927;...
Washington university Saint Louis, Mo.
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On October 17, 2000, Washington University hosted the third presidential debate before the 2000 presidential election. This was the second debate held on the University campus: the University had hosted a debate in 1992 and was scheduled to host a 1996 debate which was later cancelled. The debate was held in the Washington University Field House, where Texas governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore debated for ninety minutes over issues such as health care, tax cuts, the death penalty,...
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
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Physicist Arthur Holly Compton worked as a research engineer at Westinghouse Lamp Co. (1917-1919) and studied with Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England (1919). He taught physics at Washington University (1920-1923) and at University of Chicago (1923-1945) and served as Chancellor of Washington University from 1945-1953. From the guide to the Arthur Holly Compton notebooks, 1919-1941, 1919-1941, (American Philosophical Society) In 1920, Arthur Holly Co...
