Lee DuBridge | |
|---|---|
 DuBridge in 1950 | |
| Director of the Office of Science and Technology | |
| In office January 20, 1969 – August 31, 1970 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Donald Hornig |
| Succeeded by | Ed David |
| Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee | |
| In office 1952–1956 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Oliver Buckley |
| Succeeded by | Isidor Rabi |
| 2nd President of the California Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1946–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Millikan |
| Succeeded by | Harold Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1901 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1994 (aged 92) Duarte, California, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Awards | Vannevar Bush Award (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Variations in the photo-electric sensitivity of platinum (1926) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Mendenhall |
| Doctoral students | |
Lee Alvin DuBridge (21 September 1901 – 23 January 1994) was an American educator and physicist, best known as president of the California Institute of Technology from 1946–1969.[1]
- ^ Greenstein, Jesse L. (1997-08-23). "Lee Alvin DuBridge". Biographical Memoirs, Volume 72. Vol. 72. National Academies Press. pp. 89–112. doi:10.17226/5859. ISBN 978-0-309-05788-2. ISSN 0077-2933. LCCN 05026629. OCLC 44748015. Retrieved 2017-11-07.