Background
Horton, Claude Wendell was born on September 23, 1915 in Cherryvale, Kansas, United States. Son of Roy Wesley and Marie (Terwilleger) Horton.
Horton, Claude Wendell was born on September 23, 1915 in Cherryvale, Kansas, United States. Son of Roy Wesley and Marie (Terwilleger) Horton.
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Physics, Rice Institute, 1935; Master of Arts in Physics, Rice Institute, 1936; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1937-1938; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Texas, 1948.
Assistant seismologist, Shell Oil Corporation, 1936-1937; party chief field crew, Shell Oil Corporation, 1938-1943; research associate underwater sound laboratory, Harvard, 1943-1945; research physicist defense research laboratory, University Texas, Austin, since 1945; professor physics, University Texas, 1953-1971; acting department chairman, University Texas, 1956-1957; department chairman, University Texas, 1957-1962; professor geology, University Texas, 1965-1971. Member Corporation Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1966-1984.
Fellow Acoustical Society of America (Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics medal 1980), American Physical Society. Member American Geophysical Union, Society Exploration Geophysicists.
Married Louise Walthall, November 23, 1938. Children: Claude Wendell, Margaret Elaine.