Background
Hamilton, Donald Ross was born on September 5, 1914 in Hartford, Vermont, United States. Son of Rollo Albert and May Davina (Ross) Hamilton.
Hamilton, Donald Ross was born on September 5, 1914 in Hartford, Vermont, United States. Son of Rollo Albert and May Davina (Ross) Hamilton.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1939.
Junior fellow Society of Fellos, Harvard, 1939-1942. Staff Massachusetts Institute Technology Radiation Laboratory, 1940-1946. Project engineer Sperry Gyroscope Company Research laboratories, Garden City, New York, 1941-1942, research engineer, 1942-1945.
Assistant professor physics Princeton, 1946-1948, associate professor, 1948-1955, professor from 1955, dean of the graduate school, 1958-1965.
Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, 1952. Visiting senior physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1953.
Fellow American Physical Society, Federation American Scientists.
Married Eileen Mary Clare-Patton, August 20, 1938. Children: Erica Lynn (Mistress Richard South. Weeder), Eleanor Patton (Mistress Stanley Sienkiewicz), David Ross.