Background
Thatcher, Everett Whiting was born on January 24, 1904 in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. Son of Winthrop Foster and Edith Olive (Whiting) Thatcher.
Thatcher, Everett Whiting was born on January 24, 1904 in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. Son of Winthrop Foster and Edith Olive (Whiting) Thatcher.
AB magna cum laude, Oberlin College, 1926. Master of Arts in Physics, Oberlin College, 1927. Postgraduate, Purdue University, 1926—1927.
Postgraduate, University Nebraska, 1927—1929. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1931.
Assistant physics Purdue University, West Lafayette Inc., 1926—1927. Instructor University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1927—1929. Instructor, research assistant University Michigan, 1929—1931.
Assistant professor to associate professor Union College, Schenectady, 1931—1946. Research associate Princeton University, New Jersey, 1943. Head research division Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, 1946—1966.
Science liaison officer Office of Scientific Research and Development, London, 1944—1945. Deputy technical director Operations Crossroads, Bikini & Washington, 1945—1946. Member council and advisory committee Commission Educational Resources, San Diego, since 1959.
Member policy committee San Diego Science Fair, 1950—1958. Fellow: American Physical Society. Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Radio Relay League, American Geophysical Union, Institute Radio Engineers (senior, chairman section 1950), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Tennie Marie Klotz, June 23, 1928. Children: Lucy W. Thatcher Franck, James Winthrop.