Taft, Horace Dwight, 1925-1983.
Horace Dwight Taft papers, 1888-1983.
The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, and physics files which document Taft's career as a professor and researcher in physics and as an administrator at Yale University. While the majority of records created during Taft's tenure as master of Davenport College and dean of Yale College are within the University Archives, Taft maintained some correspondence from these offices within his personal papers. His personal files contain correspondence with his parents and other family members, diaries, and student notebooks and papers. As a member of the board of the Taft School, Taft maintained files of correspondence, board meeting minutes, reports, and printed material from 1953-1983.
Horace Dwight Taft was born in 1925, the son of Senator Robert A. and Martha Bowers Taft, and grandson of President William Howard Taft. He attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, which was founded by a grand-uncle, Horace Dutton Taft. He received a B.A. degree (1950) from Yale University and a Master's degree (1953) and a Ph.D. (1955) from the University of Chicago. Taft joined the Yale faculty in 1956 as an instructor in physics, and was appointed a professor in 1964. He was master of Davenport College from 1966 to 1971, and dean of Yale College from 1971-1979. He served on numerous university committees and was director of undergraduate studies in physics. He died in New Haven, Connecticut on February 11, 1983.
Taft, Horace Dwight, 1925-1983.
Taft, Robert, 1917-
Yale University -- Faculty.
Yale University. Physics Department
Yale University -- Officials and employees.
Taft School.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
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