Background
Kimball, Spofford Harris was born on November 13, 1901 in West Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Harris and Alice Adelaide (Bartlett) Kimball.
Kimball, Spofford Harris was born on November 13, 1901 in West Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Harris and Alice Adelaide (Bartlett) Kimball.
Deceased); Bachelor of Science, Denison University, Granville, O., 1923. Master of Arts, University of Pittsburgh, 1925. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1932.
Student Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1935-1936.
Instructor in mathematics, Doane Academy, Granville, O., 1923-1924, University of Pittsburgh, 1924-1927, Harvard, 1929-1930, University of Pennsylvania, 1930-1931, U. Rochester, 1931-1935. Instructor in mathematics, U. Maine, 1936-1938, assistant, professor, 1938-1940, associate professor, 1940-1945, professor of mathematics since 1945, head department of mathematics and astronomy, since 1943. Chairman Orono Town Council, 1956-1963.
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association of America, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Theta Pi. Congregationalist.
Married Marian Cramton Stevens, June 19, 1934. Children: Anne Spofford, Ruth Chandler, Richard Stevens.