Background
Edwards, Hiram Wheeler was born in September 1885 in Spring Valley, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank V. and Kate I. (Farmer) Edwards.
Edwards, Hiram Wheeler was born in September 1885 in Spring Valley, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frank V. and Kate I. (Farmer) Edwards.
Student, Carlton College, 1903-1905. Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1908, Whiting fellow in physics, 1910-1911, Doctor of Philosophy, 1911.
Professor physics, Baylor University, 1911-1912. Director of science, Fresno (California) State Normal, 1912-1918. Supervisor of teacher training in science, University of California, 1919-1922, assistant professor of physics, 1922-1924, associate professor, 1924-1943.
Consultant physicist, Pancro Mirrors, Incorporated., Los Angeles, since 1938.
Director of relations with other California schools for University of California, since 1936. Associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, since 1943, acting director of admissions, 1943-1944.
Administrative board member, Lick-Wilmerding Schools, San Francisco. On board of trustees, California Society Secondary Education.
Served in World War I as inspector of instruction, United States Ground School of Military Aeronautics, and head lecturer, United States School Radio Electricians, 1918. Honored by establishment of Hiram West. Edwards scholarship in physics, California Association Indiana Secondary Schools. Member American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, American Association Physics Teachers, California Committee for Study of Education (secretary-treasurer), Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Vena Tomlin, July 21, 1911. Children: Tomlin (Mistress East. Cary Brown), Phyllis Q., Warren Wheeler.
