Lyman James Briggs

Lyman James Briggs
3rd Director of the National Bureau of Standards
In office
June 13, 1933 (1933-06-13) – November 5, 1945 (1945-11-05)
President
Preceded byGeorge K. Burgess
Succeeded byEdward U. Condon
Personal details
Born(1874-05-07)May 7, 1874
Assyria, Michigan, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 1963(1963-03-25) (aged 88)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
SpouseKatharine Cook
Children2, including Isabel
Alma materMichigan Agricultural College
University of Michigan
Johns Hopkins University
OccupationEngineer, physicist, administrator
Scientific career
FieldsApplied physics
Institutions
ThesisOn the absorption of water vapor and of certain salts in aqueous solution by quartz (1901)
Doctoral advisorHenry 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]

  1. ^ Sciences, National Academy of (1999-11-29). Biographical Memoirs: Volume 77. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-06644-0.
  2. ^ "Briggs, Lyman J. (Lyman James), 1874-1963". history.aip.org. Retrieved 2023-04-01.