Background
Johnson, Ellis Adolph was born on September 2, 1906 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peter George and Elizabeth (Teklo) Johnson.
Johnson, Ellis Adolph was born on September 2, 1906 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Peter George and Elizabeth (Teklo) Johnson.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1928, Master of Science, 1929, Doctor of Science, 1947.
And New York Telephone Сompany, 1926-1929. Assistant electrical engineer Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1929-1934. Associate electrical engineer United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1934-1935.
Assistant physicist Carnegie Institution, 1935-1936, associate physicist, 1936-1937, mathematics physicist, 1937-1940, chairman geophysical crust, 1946-1948.
Principal physicist Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1940-1942. Technical director special weapons United States Air Force, 1948.
Director Operations Research Office, Johns Hopkins (operating under contract with Department of Army), 1948-1961. Director Systems Research Center, Case Institute Technology, 1961-1965.
Coordinator science affairs Department Health, Education, and Welfare, 1965-1967.
Served as commander, United States Navy, 1942-1946, mining officer Decorated: Distinguished Civilian Service Citation (Navy). Fellow American Physical Society.
Member National.
Club: Cosmes (Washington).
Married Alice Gertrude Lagasse, August 4, 1934. Children: Betsy West., Peter B. Trainee Bell Telephone laboratories.