Background
Hull, Harvard Leslie was born on October 23, 1906 in Holstein, Nebraska, United States. Son of Joel Leslie and Caroline Evangeline (Larsen) Hull.
Hull, Harvard Leslie was born on October 23, 1906 in Holstein, Nebraska, United States. Son of Joel Leslie and Caroline Evangeline (Larsen) Hull.
Bachelor of Arts with distinction, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1927; D.Sci. (honorary), Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Columbia University, 1933.
Project engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Brooklyn, 1933-1935; research engineer, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Brooklyn, 1935-1940; director remote control development, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Brooklyn, 1940-1943; introduced new equipment, Sperry Gyroscope Limited company, England, 1934, 35-36; director process improvement electromagnetic process of separation Uranium 235, Tennessee Eastman Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1943-1946; associate director, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, 1946-1949; director remote control engineering development, Argonne National Laboratory, 1949-1953; vice president research and development division, Capehart-Farnsworth Company, Fort Wayne, 1953-1954; president, Farnsworth Electronics Company, Company (division ITT), Fort Wayne, 1954-1956; vice president, Litton Industries, Beverly Hills, California, 1956-1957; president, Hull Associates, Chicago, since 1957; director, president, Chicago Aerial Industries, Inc., Barrington, Illinois, 1962-1964; director, president, International Technology Corporation, Western Springs, Illinois director, Central Research laboratories, Inc. Director research, Aero-Space Institute, Chicago Chairman of the Board, Aero-Space Institute, since 1973.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life), American Nuclear Society (certified of appreciation 1978), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, National Telemetering Conference (chairman 1956), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Theta Chi. Clubs: Executives.
Married Alta Zera Jones, June 9, 1928. Children: Gwen Alta Hull Quackenbush, Janet Barbara Hull Clark.