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Lyman James Briggs | |
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3rd Director of the National Bureau of Standards | |
In office June 13, 1933 – November 5, 1945 | |
President | |
Preceded by | George K. Burgess |
Succeeded by | Edward U. Condon |
Personal details | |
Born | Assyria, Michigan, U.S. | May 7, 1874
Died | March 25, 1963 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 88)
Spouse | Katharine Cook |
Children | 2, including Isabel |
Alma mater | Michigan Agricultural College University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation | Engineer, physicist, administrator |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Applied physics |
Institutions | |
Thesis | On the absorption of water vapor and of certain salts in aqueous solution by quartz (1901) |
Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was a director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee[1] before America entered the Second World War. The Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University is named in his honor.[2]