Background
Caswell, Albert Edward was born on May 24, 1884 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of John Jay and Patience Ethel (Smith) C.: student of University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1903-1905.
Caswell, Albert Edward was born on May 24, 1884 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of John Jay and Patience Ethel (Smith) C.: student of University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1903-1905.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1908, Doctor of Philosophy, 1911. M Mary Constance Edwards, July 3, 1912.
Miriam Esther (Mistress Ford L. Danner), also Dwight Allan, Randall Smith. Came to the United States, 1905. naturalized, 1916. Instructor in physics, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1911-1913.
Instructor in physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1913-1915, assistant professor, 1915-1917, professor, 1917-1932, professor physics and head of physics department, 1934-1949, professor emeritus, since 1949.
On leave of absence to act as staff member Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1942-1945. National research fellow in physics, Princeton University, 1919-1920.
Professor physics, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon, 1932-1934. Trustee Westminster Foundation of Oregon, since 1921.
1st vice president Oregon Council of Churches.
1938-1942, 1945-1946.
Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association University professors, Sigma Xi. Sigma Pi Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon. Club: Kiwanis (Eugene, Oregon).
Children: John Edwards.