Platt, Joseph B., 1915-2012
Joseph B. Platt letter to Alan Valentine, 29 April 1943.
This contains a carbon copy of a 1943 letter sent by Joseph B. Platt to University of Rochester President Alan Valentine in which Platt discusses what he thinks the future of Physics at the University of Rochester will be like following the end of World War II. Topics include: electronics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, optics, betatrons.
AB, physics, University of Rochester (1937); PhD, physics, Cornell University (1942). Member of Physics faculty, University of Rochester (1941-1956); Chief, Physics Branch, Research Division, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1949-1951); founding President, Harvey Mudd College (1956-1976); President, Claremont Graduate University (1976-1981).
Valentine, Alan Chester, 1901-
University of Rochester.
University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy
World War, 1939-1945
Betatrons
Electronics.
Nuclear physics
Optics
Solid state physics
Correspondence. aat
AIP-ICOS
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