Background
Hill, Albert Gordon was born on January 11, 1910 in St. Louis. Son of Glenn C. and Alberta (Boogher) Hill.
Hill, Albert Gordon was born on January 11, 1910 in St. Louis. Son of Glenn C. and Alberta (Boogher) Hill.
Bachelor of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1930. Master of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1937.
Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, 1930-1932;
fellow in physics, U. Rochester, 1934-1937;
instructor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937-1941;
staff member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Radiation Laboratory), 1942-1946;
associate professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Radiation Laboratory), 1946-1947;
professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Radiation Laboratory), 1947-1975;
lecturer in political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Radiation Laboratory), 1965-1975;
director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Research Laboratory Electronics), 1949-1952;
director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lincoln laboratory), 1952-1955;
chairman physics council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lincoln laboratory), 1967-1970;
vice president for research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lincoln laboratory), 1970-1975;
consultant to president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Lincoln laboratory), 1975-1982;
director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Plasma Fusion Center), 1975-1978;
Chairman, Board Of Directors, C. Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., 1970-1982. Physicist Research Corporation, 1941. Adviser Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe Air Defense Center, 1955-1963.
Director research (Weapons Systems Evaluations Group), 1955-1958. Vice president Institute Defense Analyses, Washington, 1956-1959, trustee, 1956-1961.
Trustee Associate Universities, Inc., 1970-1974, Detroit Institute of Technology, 1974-1978. Fellow American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Academy Arts and Science, Benjamin Franklin fellow Royal Society Arts.
Married Ruth Harriet Parker.