Background
Allen, Alexander John was born on October 4, 1900 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Alexander and Leah (Blotiaux) Allen.
Allen, Alexander John was born on October 4, 1900 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Alexander and Leah (Blotiaux) Allen.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Colorado, 1923. Master Arts, New York University, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy, 1928.
Engineer with the Mountain States Telephone Company, Denver, 1923-1924. Graduate fellow, New York University, 1924-1926, instructor in physics, 1926-1928, research fellow, 1928-1929, at Bartol Foundation, 1929-1930. Research physicist, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1930-1935, Biology-chemical Research Foundation, Franklin Institute, 1935-1939.
Associate professor physics, U. Pittsburgh, 1939-1941, Westinghouse professor engineering and physics, and director Sarah Mellon Scaife Radiation Laboratory 1944-1968.
Staff member and research associate Massachusetts Institute Technology Radiation Laboratory, 1941-1944. Assistant director, Biology-chemical Research Foundation, Delaware, 1944.
Professor physics, chairman graduate study committee Centro Tecnico de Aeronautica, Departmento de Fisica, Sao Jose dos Campos, South. Paulo, Brazil, 1960-1962. Consultant Atomic Energy Commission.
Director of Navy Precision Scattering of Nuclear Particles” Contract.
Council representative of University of Pittsburgh for Argonne National laboratories.
Fellow American Physical Society. Member American Association University Professors, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi. Club: University.
Married Elinor Hale Waterhouse, February 29, 1956.