Lee Alvin DuBridge

Lee DuBridge
DuBridge in 1950
Director of the Office of Science and Technology
In office
January 20, 1969 – August 31, 1970
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byDonald Hornig
Succeeded byEd David
Chairman of the President's Science Advisory Committee
In office
1952–1956
President
Preceded byOliver Buckley
Succeeded byIsidor Rabi
2nd President of the California Institute of Technology
In office
1946–1969
Preceded byRobert Millikan
Succeeded byHarold Brown
Personal details
Born(1901-09-21)September 21, 1901
Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1994(1994-01-23) (aged 92)
Duarte, California, U.S.
Education
AwardsVannevar Bush Award (1982)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisVariations in the photo-electric sensitivity of platinum (1926)
Doctoral advisorCharles 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]

  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.