Background
Powell, Wilson Marcy was born on July 18, 1903 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Wilson Marcy and Elsie (Knapp) Powell.
Powell, Wilson Marcy was born on July 18, 1903 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Wilson Marcy and Elsie (Knapp) Powell.
Graduated from Saint George’s School, Newport, Rhode Island, 1922. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933.
Mistress William North. Bove). Assistant in physics Harvard, 1929-1930, 34-35. Instructor Connecticut College, 1935-1937.
Assistant professor Kenyon College, 1937-1946.
Research associate Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 1942-1946, associate professor physics, 1946-1952, professor, 1952-1971, emeritus, 1971-1974.
Member Swarthmore eclipse expedition, Mexico, 1923, Sumatra, 1925. Fellow Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 1937. Fellow American Physical Society, New York Academy Science.
Married Fredrika Richardson, October 25, 1930. Married second, Dorothy Gardner Powell, June 29, 1956. Children: Wilson Marcy, David Richardson, Fredrika (Mistress James A. Spillman).