Autobiography, ca. 1963.

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Autobiography, ca. 1963.

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The manuscript describes Grondahl's education at Concordia and St. Olaf Colleges; his interests in science; his study of chemistry and physics and enrollment at Johns Hopkins University; marriage; appointment first to Spokane College staff then to University of Washington; work at the Carnegie Institution of Washington; tenure as Union Switch and Signal Co. director; his research in rectifier theory; work for National Defense Research Council and Office of Scientific Research and Development on high-angle dirigible bombs; consultantships; and association memberships and honors.

35 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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