Background
Bohn, JAcob Lloyd was born on November 16, 1896 in Lickdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Percida (Bordner) Bohn.
Bohn, JAcob Lloyd was born on November 16, 1896 in Lickdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Percida (Bordner) Bohn.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State College, 1924; student, Harvard University, 1924-1926; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1928.
Teacher public schools, Pennsylvania, 1916-1917, 19-20; teaching assistant, Pennsylvania State College, 1923-1924; research assistant, Harvard Cancer Commission, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1924-1926; research physicist, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1925-1926, summer 1929; teaching assistant, California Institute Technology, 1926-1927; research assistant, California Institute Technology, 1927-1928; physicist, Shell Oil Corporation, summer 1927; instructor, Temple University, 1938-1931; assistant professor, Temple University, 1931-1936; associate professor, Temple University, 1936-1943; professor, Temple University, 1943-1964; department chairman physics, Temple University, 1951-1963; professor emeritus of physics, Temple University, from 1964; research professor physics, Temple University, from 1964; professor, University of Pennsylvania, summer 1946-1947. Participant atomic tests Mercury, Nevada, 1952-1953, V-2 flights White Sands, New Mexico, 1949-1950. Had micrometeorite equipment in Explorer I satellite.
With United States Air Force, 1917-1919. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, American Physical Society, Accoustical Society of America, American Association Physics Teachers, American Association University Professors, Franklin Institute, Physics Club Philadelphia (president 1955-1956), Pennsylvania Conference College Physics Teachers (president 1956), Blue Key Club, Pierian Sodality Club, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi.
Married Florence Lucy Cushman, January 1, 1926.