Eugene Casson Crittenden

Background

Crittenden, Eugene Casson was born on December 19, 1880 in Oswayo, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Shuble Edgar and Ida Viola (Rowlee) Crittenden.

Education

Graduate Mansfield (Pennsylvania) State Normal School, 1898. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1905. Honorary Doctor of Science Case School Applied Science, 1946.

Career

Instructor physics Cornell Univercity, 1905-1909. Physicist, various grades National Bureau Standards, Washington, since 1909, chief division of electricity, 1921-1946, assistant director bureau, 1933-1946. associate director, 1946-1950. Retired; specialized in surveys of measurement and use of light, administration research, testing work in electricity.

Official delegate from United States to International Commision on Illumination, Geneva, 1924. Saranac Inn, 1928, Great Britain, 1931, Holland. 1939. Vice president.

International Commission, 1939-1948. President United States National Committee of International Electrotech. Commission, 1939-1946.

Membership

Member International Committee on Weights and Measures, since 1946, chairman Standards Council, director American Standards Association, 1939-1948. Member American Institute E E., American Physical Society, Optical Society American (president 1932-1933), Illum. Engineering Society of the United States (president 1925), Illuminating Engineering Society of Great Britain, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy Sciences (president 1940), Philosophical Society Washington (president 1922), Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa Unitarian.

Club: Cosmos.

• Member of American Institute, of Electrical Engineers. Illuminating Engineer and American Physical Socs. Optical Society of American. American Academy, of Political and Social Science. Washington Academy, of Science. Washington Society of Engineers. Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa Club: Cosmos (Wash,).

Connections

Married Norma Snyder, May 10, 1910. Children: Marjorie, Eugene.

Father:

Shuble Edgar Crittenden

Mother:

Ida Viola (Rowlee) Crittenden

Spouse:

Norma Snyder

child:

Marjorie Crittenden

child:

Eugene Crittenden