Lee Alvin DuBridge
Lee Alvin DuBridge (September 21, 1901 – January 23, 1994) was an American educator and physicist, best known as president of the California Institute of Technology from 1946–1969.[1]
Background[]
Lee Alvin DuBridge was born on September 21, 1901, in Terre Haute, Indiana. His father was Fred DuBridge, a football coach at Indiana State Normal School.[2] He graduated from Cornell College in 1922, and then began a teaching assignment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, from which he received an M.A. degree in 1924[3] and a Ph.D. in 1926.[4] DuBridge continued his academic work at the California Institute of Technology, as assistant then associate professor in the Washington University in St. Louis (1928–1934), and the University of Rochester.[5][6]
Career[]
Academia[]
At Rochester, DuBridge began a long career as an academic administrator, serving as dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. On leave from Rochester between 1940 and 1946, he became the founding director of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT. In 1946, DuBridge began serving as president of the California Institute of Technology through 1969.[1]
Civil service[]
DuBridge servered as presidential Science Advisor under President Harry S. Truman from 1952–53 and under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-55, and (after retiring from Caltech) under President Richard Nixon from 1969-70.[1]
Associations[]
DuBridge served on boards for: RAND Corporation (1948–1961), National Science Board (1950–1954), (president, 1950–1951), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1951–1957), Air Pollution Foundation (1953–1961), Institute for Defense Analysis (1956–1960), Rockefeller Foundation (1956–1976), National Science Board (vice chair, 1958–1964), Board of Governors for the Los Angeles Town Hall (1959–1963), Edison Foundation (1960–1968), KCET (1962–1968), Huntington Library (1962–1968), and National Educational Television (196–1968).[1]
Personal and death[]
DuBridge died of pneumonia at a retirement home in Duarte, California, on January 23, 1994.[citation needed]
Awards[]
- 1943: National Academy of Sciences
- 1947: Research Corporation Award[1]
- 1948: United States Medal for Merit[1]
- 1967: Governor's Award, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences[1]
- 1968: Sesquicentennial Award, University of Michigain[1]
- 1969: Lehman Award, New York Academy of Sciences[1]
- 1974: Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement[1][7][8]
- 1982: Vannevar Bush Award, National Science Foundation
- Minor planet 5678 DuBridge discovered by Eleanor Helin is named in his honor.[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Biographical Memoirs, Volume 72. National Academy of Sciences, Office of the Home Secretary. August 23, 1997. pp. 108–110. ISBN 9780309057882. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Historical Perspective: Lee A. DuBridge: America's Senior". Tribune Star. September 27, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Dubridge, Lee Alvin (1924). Positive rays produced by ultra violet light (Ph.D.). University of Wisconsin–Madison. OCLC 608883548.
- ^ Dubridge, Lee Alvin (1926). Variations in the photo-electric sensitivity of platinum (Ph.D.). University of Wisconsin–Madison. OCLC 50284382 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Read "Biographical Memoirs: V.72" at NAP.edu.
- ^ "DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901–1994". history.aip.org. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Leon Lederman Biography. Photo: June 24, 1982: Awards Council member and President of Caltech, 1946-1969, Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, presenting the Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award at the Banquet ceremonies held in New Orleans, Louisiana". American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ (5678) DuBridge In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. 2003. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5374. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
External links[]
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- Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, New York, 1973
- 1983 Audio Interview with Lee DuBridge by Martin Sherwin Voices of the Manhattan Project
- Memorial page for DuBridge at the National Academy of Sciences
- Caltech oral history interview, Part I
- Caltech oral history interview, Part II
- 1959 film on Golden Key award, "The School Story" on YouTube
- Key Participants: Lee DuBridge - It's in the Blood! A Documentary History of Linus Pauling, Hemoglobin, and Sickle Cell Anemia; Key Participants: Lee DuBridge - Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: A Documentary History
- Oral History interview transcript with Lee DuBridge 9 June 1972, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- Oral History interview transcript with Lee DuBridge 14 February 1986, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- Oral History interview transcript with Lee DuBridge 6 March 1987, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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- 1901 births
- 1994 deaths
- 20th-century American physicists
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- Deaths from pneumonia
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Infectious disease deaths in California
- Office of Science and Technology Policy officials
- People from Terre Haute, Indiana
- Presidents of the California Institute of Technology
- University of Rochester faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- Vannevar Bush Award recipients
- Washington University physicists
- Washington University in St. Louis faculty