Oral history interview with Marshall Ney States, 1963 January 27.

Dempster, Arthur Jeffrey, 1886-1950

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Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Chicago. Dempster joined the physics faculty at the University of Chicago in 1916 and remained there until his death in 1950. During World War II he worked on the secret Manhattan Project to develop the world's first nuclear weapons. From 1943 to 1946, Dempster was chief physicist of the University of Chicago's...

Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954

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Physicist. From the description of K.T. Compton speeches, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83457426 Karl Taylor Compton (b. Sept. 14, 1887, Wooster, Ohio-d. June 22, 1954, New York City), prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948. From the description of Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570905 ...

American Institute of Physics

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Physicist. High Energy Radiation Section, National Bureau of Standards, 1949-1962; Chief, Radiation Physics Division, 1962-1966; Director, American Institute of Physics, 1966-1986. From the description of The story of the American Institute of Physics, 1967-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154305950 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffus...

Palmer, Frederic, 1878-1967.

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Physicist (spectroscopy). On physics faculty at Haverford College from 1904; physicist, Franklin Institute, 1945-1958; and president, American Association of Physics Teachers, 1933-1935. From the description of Lecture notebooks, 1940-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80630260 Full name: Frederic Palmer Jr. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77698916 ...

University of Pittsburgh. United Faculty

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Throughout its history the University of Pittsburgh has received occasional support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the early 1960s it suffered an unprecedented fiscal crisis and sought a solution that linked it to the Commonwealth. On August 23, 1966, House Bill No. 2 of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania was signed and the University officially became state-related. From the description of State-related status of the University of Pittsburgh files, 1936-1983. (Universit...

Shaughnessy, Donald F.,

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Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976.

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Webster was professor of physics at Stanford University, 1920-1954, and emeritus professor, 1954-1976. From the description of David Locke Webster correspondence concerning Dr. William Duane, 1954-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703840593 David Locke Webster, professor of physics (1920-1954; emeritus, 1954-1977) and chairman of the Physics Department at Stanford (1920-1942), was born in Boston, November 6, 1888. He received his B.A. (1910) and Ph.D (1913) from Harvard U...

States, M. N. (Marshall Ney)

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of M.N. States : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587523 Marshall Ney States (1893-1974). From the description of Oral history interview with Marshall Ney States, 1963 January 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79125438 ...

Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-

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Physicist, research consultant. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Ernest Klopsteg : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513658 Died 1991. From the description of Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1970 March 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82445932 ...

University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

American association of physics teachers

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This professional society of teachers of physics in colleges, universities, and secondary schools, was established in 1930 to advance the teaching of physics and further the appreciation of the role of physics in society and culture. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics. From the description of American Journal of Physics editor's reports, 1982-2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78113826 From the description of Records of early history, 192...

American physical society

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This professional society of educators, industrial and government research workers, and students of physics and related fields, was established in 1899 to promote the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics. The Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Study was commissioned by the American Physical Society on November 20, 1983 to evaluate the status of the science and technology of DEW. A study group was formed by Novembe...

University of Kentucky.

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...

Mercer university

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Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Homer Levi Dodge : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147496 Physicist (electrical measurements) and educator. On faculty of the University of Oklahoma: head of physics department, 1919-1942, dean of graduate school, 1926-1944, and organizer and director of Oklahoma Research Institute, 1941-1944; a founder, first president, and member of Governing Board of the American A...