McLachlan, Dan, 1905-
From zero to seventy-two, circa 1978.
The first half of McLachlan's biography is devoted to family ancestry and his childhood in Canada, Arkansas, and Kansas in early 1900s. He then describes his education at Kansas and Pennsylvania State Universities; career in industry at Corning Glass Company, Stanford Laboratories of American Cyanamid Company, Poulter Laboratories, and Stanford Research Institute (1936-1961); and academic career (from 1947) at the University of Utah, University of Denver, and Ohio State University. McLachlan comments on his interactions with many scientists and others who influenced him. File also includes a fourteen-page essay, Science lead us! Whither are we going?
McLachlan died in 1982. Full name: Dan McLachlan, Jr.
McLachlan, Dan, 1905-
Corning Glass Works -- Employees.
Kansas State University -- Students.
Ohio State University -- Faculty.
Pennsylvania State University -- Students.
Poulter Laboratories.
Stanford Research Institute.
University of Denver -- Faculty.
University of Kansas -- Students.
University of Utah -- Faculty.
Nuclear physics -- History.
Physicists -- Biography.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Autobiographies. aat aat
Essays. aat ftamc
Physicists. lcsh
Physics teachers. lcsh
Biography. aat aat
American Cyanamid Company. Stanford Laboratory -- Employees.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA