Rogers, Fred Terry, 1914-1956
Fred Terry Rogers papers, 1929-1956.
The Fred Terry Rogers papers are a record of Fred and Marguerite Rogers' distinguished careers in academia and physics from 1931 to 1956 and consists primarily of correspondence, research and lecture notes and published works. Subjects include Beta-particle decay, the fracture of metals, the U.S. Naval Ordinance Test Station, convection currents in porous media, ballistics penetration and university research and course work.
Fred Terry Rogers was a notable geophysicist, astrophysicist, mathematician and university professor during the 1930s through the 1950s. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky but was raised in Dallas, Texas from the age of seven. Rogers attended the Rice Institute in Houston, Texas from 1931 to 1939 where he received both his undergraduate and graduate training in physics and mathematics. His professional career started at the Rice Institute as a research assistant and continued at a number of other academic institutions and government agencies. While at Rice, Rogers met his future wife, Marguerite Moilliet, who also was studying physics at the Institute. They married in 1937 and became a research team during World War II. They had two children, Alexander and Fred Terry III. Fred Terry Rogers died in 1956 whille working at the University of South Carolina.
Rogers, Fred Terry, 1914-1956
Rogers, Marguerite Moilliet
Naval Ordnance Test Station (Inyokern, Calif.)
Ballistics
Beta decay
Beta rays
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Rogers, Marguerite Moilliet
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Rice University. Fondren Library. Woodson Research Center. P. O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77001, USA