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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHerbert Eugene Ives
Dates
July 31, 1882 – November 13, 1953
Authorized Form of Name
Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953
Additional Forms of Names
Ives, Herbert E. (Herbert Eugene), 1882-1953
Biography
Abstract
Herbert Eugene Ives was a Physicist at Bell Laboratories (1925-1947). Other institutional affiliations included Western Electric Company and United Gas Improvement Company. His research interests included optical physics and television.
Important Dates
July 31, 1882Birth, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1905Obtained BS, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1908Obtained PhD in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1908 – 1909Assistant Physicist, National Bureau of Standards.
1909 – 1912Physicist, National Electric Lamp Association.
1912 – 1918Physicist, United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1919 – 1925Physicist, Engineering Division, Western Electric Company, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1925 – 1947Physicist, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1933Member, National Academy of Sciences.
November 13, 1953Death, Montclair (N.J.).
Occupation
Optical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Optical physics and engineering.
Relationships
People
Family
Beyer, Barbara Ives
Daughter.
Ives, Frederic Eugene
Father.
Ives, Kenneth
Son.
Ives, Mabel Lorenz
Wife. Married in 1908.
Ives, Ronald L.
Son.
Colleagues
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Coblentz, William W. (William Weber), 1873-1962
Both employed at the National Bureau of Standards.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Davisson, Clinton Joseph, 1881-1958
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.
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Jewett, Frank B. (Frank Baldwin), 1879-1949
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Western Electric Company and Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Additional
Hartley, Ralph Vinton Lyon, 1888-1970
Nix, Foster Cary, 1905-
Pease, F. G. (Francis Gladheim), 1881-
Institutions
Major Positions
Physicist.
National Electric Lamp Association
Physicist.
United Gas Improvement Company
Physicist.
United States. National Bureau of Standards
Assistant Physicist.
Western Electric Company
Physicist, Engineering Division.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics (1908).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
President.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1905).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Frederic Eugene Ives and Herbert Eugene Ives papers, 1869-1957.
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Subject
Francis Gladheim Pease addenda, 1908-2001 (bulk 1908-1937).
Henry E. Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, USA
Oral history interview with Foster Cary Nix, 1975 June 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, 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
Oral history interview with Karl K. Darrow, 1964 April 2 and 10 June.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Ralph Vinton Lyon Hartley papers, 1920-1970.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Subject
"Herbert Eugene Ives: 1882-1953", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences