Harrison Edward Farnsworth

Background

Farnsworth, Harrison Edward was born on March 24, 1896 in Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edward H. and Marion (Fortnum) Farnsworth.

Education

AB, Ripon College, 1918. Doctor of Science, Ripon College, 1977. AM, University Wisconsin, 1921.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1922. Doctor of Science, Fairfield University, 1971.

Career

Physicist Western Electric Research Laboratory, New York, 1918. Instructor University Pittsburgh, 1918—1919. National research fellow University Wisconsin, 1922—1924.

Associate professor physics University Maine, 1924—1926. Assistant professor physics Brown University, 1926—1929, associate professor, 1929—1946, professor, 1946—1960. Director Barus laboratory surface physics, 1946—1970, research professor, 1960—1970.

Professor Annette L.R. Barstow University, 1963—1970, research professor physics emeritus, 1970. Visiting professor department physics University Arizona, 1971. Director Farnsworth Research Laboratory, Green Valley, Arizona, 1979—1984.

Executive secretary panel electron tubes Research and Development Board. Director coordinating group electron tube reliability Brown University, New York City, 1952—1953. Member Planning division Office Naval Research, summer, 1946.

Consultant, 1946—1947, Philips Laboratories, Inc., 1947—1949. Research physicist war project Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (leave of absence from Brown University), 1941. Official investigator N.D.R.C.

Member war project Brown University, 1942—1943, chairman department physics, 1942—1943, member executive committee department physics, 1954—1955. Member Physical Sciences Council, 1953—1963. Consultant Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1962—1968, Ultek division Perkin-Elmer Corporation, 1965—1969, Yale University, 1966—1967, National Physical Research Laboratory, Pretoria, South Africa, 1970—1971.

Co-operating expert International Critical Tables. Visiting research professor Washington State University, summer, 1970.

Achievements

• Harrison Edward Farnsworth has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, Royal Society Arts. Member: American Chemical Society, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Gertrude Roming, 1925 (deceased). Children: Edward Allan, James Alden(deceased). Married Alice Schultze, 1960 (deceased).

Married Margaret Bergeron, 1985.

Father:

Edward H. Farnsworth

Mother:

Marion (Fortnum) Farnsworth

Spouse:

Alice Schultze

Spouse:

Margaret Bergeron

Spouse:

Gertrude Roming

child:

Edward Allan Farnsworth

child:

James Alden Farnsworth (deceased)