Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
Oral history interview with Homer Levi Dodge, 1963 January 23.
Personal background; Iowa State University, 1887-1914; state of American physics prior to 1930; Paul Klopsteg; teaching versus research; Arthur G. Webster; first American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) success, 1931; Karl Compton and Floyd K. Richtmyer support; formation of the American Institute of Physics and AAPT as a founder society. Interview conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office as part of a series of interviews conducted with founding members of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Died 1983.
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954.
Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
Richtmyer, F. K., (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939.
Webster, Arthur Gordon, 1863-1923.
American Association of Physics Teachers.
American Institute of Physics.
Iowa State University.
Physics -- Research.
Physics -- Societies, etc.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Societies -- History, organization, etc.
Interviews. aat
Oral histories. aat
Transcripts. aat
Shaughnessy, Donald F., interviewer.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA