Arthur Woolsey Ewell

Background

Ewell, Arthur Woolsey was born on October 20, 1873 in Bradford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Lewis and Emily Spofford (Hall) Ewell.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1897, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899. Studied Johns Hopkins, 1899-1900, University of Berlin, 1904, Radium Institute, Paris, 1924. Honorary Doctorate. Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1946.

Career

Assistant in physics, Yale, 1897-1899. Instructor physics, 1900-1904, assistant professor, 1904-1910, professor since 1910, director of physics and general science departments, 1935 to retirement 1938, Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute. Trustee Bancroft School, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1915-1918, treasurer, 1918-1928, president, 1928-1930.

Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Member research staff Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Cold storage engineer Director Worcester Airport, American Society Refrigeration Engineers Trustee Worcester County Institution for Savings.

Vice president board of Governor Dummer Academy Captain United States.R., December 15, 1917. Head of bomb unit, Air Service, American Expeditionary Force, after armistice, in charge experiment development and tests of bombs, until May 1, 1919.

Lieutenant colonel O.R.C.

Appointed special aerial bomb expert War Department, November 1919.

Achievements

• Arthur Woolsey Ewell has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society (honorary life. Member American Society Refrigeration Engineers (director Member 1945), French Physical Society, Newcomen Society of England, American Legion (past commander Devens Post), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Clubs: Century, Yale (New York).

Member editorial staff Refrigeration Data Book, 1940, 1945.

Connections

Married Jane Dodge Estabrook, September 6, 1905. Children: Milicent, Jane Estabrook, John Woolsey.

Father:

John Lewis Ewell

Mother:

Emily Spofford (Hall) Ewell

Spouse:

Jane Dodge Estabrook

child:

John Woolsey Ewell

child:

Milicent Ewell

child:

Jane Estabrook Ewell