American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director.
AIP Office of the Director Van Zandt Williams records, 1964-1966.
Primarily correspondence on topics including education-related matters such as the teaching of college and pre-college physics, the regional counselors program and career placement; the development of an information system for physics literature; and correspondence, minutes, and reports of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Advisory Committee on Physics Abstracts. Other topics include public relations, the seminars for science writers, and the establishment of the Center for History of Physics as a division of the AIP. Also contains biographical material, obituaries, and letters of condolence on Williams. Correspondents include: Ferdinand G. Brickwedde, Dwight E. Gray, Elmer Hutchisson, William C. Kelly, Eugene H. Kone, Vincent E. Parker, and Hugh C. Wolfe.
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit membership corporation which began in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. Its members are leading societies in the fields of physics and astronomy, and its activities include providing services to its member societies in publishing, finance, and education. The responsibility of this office is the general management of the American Institute of Physics.
Ralph Sawyer was acting director of the American Institute of Physics from the retirement of Elmer Hutchisson in October 1964 until the appointment of Van Zandt Williams in April 1965. Williams died in office in May 1966 at which point Sawyer resumed the duties of acting director until the appointment of H. William Koch at the end of 1966.
Brickwedde, F. G. (Ferdinand Graft), 1903-
Gray, Dwight E., 1903-
Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-
Kelly, William C.
Kone, Eugene H.
Parker, Vincent Eveland, 1914-
Sawyer, Ralph A. (Ralph Alanson), 1895-1978
Williams, Van Zandt
Wolfe, Hugh C.
American Institute of Physics. Advisory Committee on Physics Abstracts.
American Institute of Physics. Office of the Director.
Physics -- Information services.
Physics -- Public relations.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Physics -- Societies, etc.
Physics -- Vocational guidance.
Williams, Van Zandt
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA