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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectJulius Adams Stratton
Dates
May 18, 1901 – June 22, 1994
Authorized Form of Name
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Additional Forms of Names
Stratton, J. A. (Julius Adams), 1901-1994
Stratton, Julius A. (Julius Adams), 1901-1994
Biography
Abstract
Julius Stratton was Professor of Physics (1941-1949), and later, President (1959-1966) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests were in electrical engineering, radio, radar, microwaves, and electromagnetic radiation.
Important Dates
May 18, 1901Birth, Seattle (Wash.).
1923Obtained SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1926Obtained SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1928Obtained ScD in Mathematics and Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich), Zurich (Switzerland).
1928 – 1994Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering (1928-1930); Assistant Professor of Physics (1930-1935); Associate Professor of Physics (1935-1941); Researcher, Radiation Laboratory (1940-1945); Professor of Physics (1941-1949); Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics (1946-1949); Provost (1949-1956); Vice President (1951-1956); Chancellor (1956-1959); Acting President (1957-1959); President (1959-1966); and President Emeritus (1966-1994), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1942 – 1949Expert Consultant to the Secretary of War, United States Department of War.
1946 – 1949Member, Electronics Committee, Research and Development Board, United States National Military Establishment.
1950Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1954 – 1959Member (1954-1959) and Chair (1955-1957), Naval Research Advisory Committee, United States Navy.
1955 – 1965Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation.
1955 – 1971Member (1955-1971) and Chair (1966-1971), Board of Trustees, Ford Foundation.
1956 – 1962Member, National Science Board.
1964 – 1967Member, National Science Board.
1967 – 1969Chair, Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources.
1971 – 1973Member, National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.
June 22, 1994Death, Boston (Mass.).
Occupation
Electrical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Stratton, Catherine Nelson Coffman
Wife. Married June 14, 1935.
Colleagues
Bacher, Robert F. (Robert Fox), 1905-2004
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Benedek, George Bernard, 1928-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Collins, Samuel C. (Samuel Cornette)
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Edgerton, Harold Eugene, 1903-1990
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Hansen, W. W. (William Webster), 1909-1949
Both employed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Jackson, John David, 1925-2016
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Joannopoulos, J. D. (John D.), 1947-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Keyes, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1885-1976
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Killian, T. J. (Thomas Joseph), 1905-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Livingston, M. Stanley (Milton Stanley)
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stanley, H. Eugene (Harry Eugene), 1941-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Additional
Allis, William P. (William Phelps), 1901-1999
Ewald, Paul Peter, 1888-1985
Grover, Frederick W. (Frederick Warren), 1876-1973
Roe, Anne, 1904-1991
Welton, Theodore Allen, 1918-
Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964
Institutions
Major Positions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Provost; Vice President; Chancellor; Acting President; President; and President Emeritus.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering
Obtained SB (1923) and SM (1926). Assistant Professor.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory
Researcher.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Director.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Obtained ScD in Mathematics and Physics (1928).
Ford Foundation
Member and Chair, Board of Trustees.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Military Establishment (U.S.)
Member, Electronics Committee, Research and Development Board.
National Science Board (U.S.)
Member.
Rand Corporation
Member, Board of Trustees.
United States. Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources
Chair.
United States. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere
Member.
United States. Navy
Member and Chair, Naval Research Advisory Committee.
United States. War Department
Expert Consultant to the Secretary of War.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Frank Edmondson History of AURA interviews and documentation, 1978-1991.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Invited papers [sound recording].
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Julius Stratton papers, 1928-1983.
Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Science and engineering in a free society [sound recording] : A panel discussion presenting three points of view, 1960 September 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Anne Roe papers, 1949-1971 (bulk).
Library.
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
John Clarke Slater papers, 1908-1976.
Library.
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Karl T. Compton papers, 1906-1961.
Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Midcentury Convocation records, 1949.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Laboratory of Electronics records, 1944-2000.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
MIT Office of the Chairman records, 1934-1987.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
MIT Office of the Chancellor records of Julius A. Stratton, 1949-1957.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
MIT Office of the President records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian, 1930-1959.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
MIT School of Engineering Office of the Dean records, 1943-1989.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Norbert Wiener papers, 1898-1966.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Oral history interview with Frederick Warren Grover, 1964 March 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with John Clarke Slater, 1970 February 23 and August 7.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul Peter Ewald, 1968 May 17 and 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Robert Van de Graaff papers, 1928-1948 (bulk 1943-1946).
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Theodore Welton memories, circa 1984.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
William Allis papers, 1924-1989.
Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Published Resources
Author
Electromagnetic theory, by Julius Adams Stratton.
Subject
"Julius Adams Stratton: 1901-1994", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences