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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectGerald L. Pearson
Dates
March 31, 1905 – October 25, 1987
Authorized Form of Name
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Biography
Abstract
Gerald Pearson was an Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University (1960-1987). He was a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His research interests included x-rays, semiconductor materials, and thermistors.
Important Dates
March 31, 1905Birth, Salem (Or.).
1926Obtained AB in Mathematics and Physics, Willamette University, Salem (Or.).
1929Obtained AM, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1929 – 1960Research Physicist (1929-1960) and Head, Department of Applied Solid State Physics (1957-1960), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1958Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1960 – 1987Professor of Electrical Engineering (1960-1971); Director, Center for Materials Research (1965-1966); and Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, Solid State Electronics Laboratories (1971-1987), Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1966 – 1967Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo (Tōkyō Daigaku).
1970Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1970 – 1972Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Materials and Processes Electronic Devices, National Materials Advisory Board, National Academy of Sciences.
October 25, 1987Death.
Occupation
Solid state physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Parlette, Carol
Daughter.
Pearson, Mildred Cannoy
Wife.
Pearson, Ray
Son.
Colleagues
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Davisson, Clinton Joseph, 1881-1958
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Jewett, Frank B. (Frank Baldwin), 1879-1949
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
Both employed at Stanford University.
Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Additional
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Instructor of a class Pearson took in 1927.
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
Gibney, Robert Bernard, 1911-
Grisdale, Richard Orvis, 1908-
Morgan, Stanley Owen, 1900-
Riordan, Michael, 1946-
Wooldridge, Dean E.
Institutions
Major Positions
Research Physicist and Head, Department of Applied Solid State Physics.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering
Obtained AM (1929). Professor of Electrical Engineering; Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, Solid State Electronics Laboratories; Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering; and Director, Center for Materials Research.
Tōkyō Daigaku
Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Materials and Processes Electronic Devices, National Materials Advisory Board.
Willamette University
Obtained AB in Mathematics and Physics.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Bell Telephone Laboratories the physics of transistors and semiconductors, 1953.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gerald Leondus Pearson papers, 1934-1987.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Oral history interview with Gerald Leondus Pearson, 1976 August 23 and 8 April 1980.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Michael Riordan's research materials for "Crystal Fire," 1900-2009.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Dean E. Wooldridge, 1976 August 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Brown Fisk, 1976 June 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Richard Orvis Grisdale, 1975 July 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Gibney 1978 January 11.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Stanley Owen Morgan, 1975 July 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with William Conyers Herring, 1974 July 23, 29, and 31 October.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA