Background
Watson, Earnest Charles was born on June 18, 1892 in Sullivan, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Grant and Alice Bell (Smith) Watson.
Watson, Earnest Charles was born on June 18, 1892 in Sullivan, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Grant and Alice Bell (Smith) Watson.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1914. Postgraduate University of Chicago, 1914-1917. Doctor of Science, Lafayette College, 1958.
Assistant in physics University of Chicago, 1914-1917. Assistant professor of physics, California Institute Technology, 1919-1920, associate professor, 1920-1930, professor, 1930-1962, emeritus, 1962-1970, dean faculty, 1945-1960 chairman faculty board, chairman division Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, 1946-1949, acting president, 1956-1957. Consultant Ford Foundation S. and S.E. Asia Program, 1964-1970.
Science attache to American Embassy New Delhi, India, 1960-1962. Delegate to various conferences.
Served in United States Naval Reserve Force, 1917-1919. Member Division 3, National Defense Research Committee, 1941-1944. Official Investigator, Office of Scientific Research and Development Contract OEMsr-418 (research and development work on artillery rockets, torpedoes, atomic bomb and other ordnance devices), 1941-1945.
Chairman library advisory board City Pasadena, 1956-1960. Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Physics Teachers, History of Science Society, American Association University professors, Foreign Policy Association, Indian International Centre, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha.
Clubs: Athenaeum.
Married Elsa Jane Werner, October 6, 1954.
