Background
Inglis, David Rittenhouse was born on October 10, 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Carolyn Clay (Rittenhouse) Inglis.
Inglis, David Rittenhouse was born on October 10, 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Carolyn Clay (Rittenhouse) Inglis.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1928; Doctor of Science (honoris causa), Amherst College, 1963; Doctor of Science, University Michigan, 1931; Doctor of Science (honoris causa), University of Illinois, 1974; student, University Afloat student, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1927.
Instructor, Ohio State University, 1931-1934; assistant professor, Ohio State University, 1934; research associate, U. Leipsig, Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1932-1933; assistant professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1934-1937; assistant professor, Princeton University, 1937-1938; associate, Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1941; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1941-1949; senior physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, 1949-1969; professor physics, U. Massachusetts, 1969-1975; professor emeritus, U. Massachusetts, since 1975; physicist, Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1942; physicist, Ballistics Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1943; with theoretical division, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1943-1946. Visiting professor University of California at Berkeley, 1955-1956, U. Grenoble, France, 1964;physicist European Organisation Nuclear Research, Geneva, 1957-1958. Professorial lecturer University of Chicago, 1965-1968.
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Fellow American Physical Society (Leo Szilard award for physics in public interest1974), Federation American Scientists (chairman 1959-1960), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Delta Phi. M C.
Married Dorothy Rosalind Kerr, March 26, 1934. 1 son, John Lockwood.