Background
Kiess, Carl Clarence was born on October 18, 1887 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of John Frederick and Florence (Fordney) Kiess.
Kiess, Carl Clarence was born on October 18, 1887 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of John Frederick and Florence (Fordney) Kiess.
He earned a Bachelor in astronomy from Indiana University in 1910 and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1913.
Fellow, Lick Observatory, University of California, 1910-1913; instructor astronomy, U. Missouri, 1913-1915; assistant professor, Pomona College, 1915-1916; instructor, University of Michigan, 1916-1917; assistant physicist, United States Bureau Standards, 1917-1919; associate physicist, United States Bureau Standards, 1919-1924; physicist, United States Bureau Standards, 1924-1929; senior physicist, United States Bureau Standards, 1929-1946; principal physicist, United States Bureau Standards, from 1946. Research associate, lecturer in astrophysics Georgetown University. Member National Geography Society Solar Eclipse Expeditions, Brazil, 1940-1947, Mars Expedition, Mauna Loa, 1956.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society Pacific (Donohoe medal 1911), Optical Society American, Washington Academy Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha. M C.
Married Harriet Knudsen, June 21, 1919. Children: Margaret Florence, John Anthony (deceased), Norman Halvor, Edward Marion.