Background
Krumhansl, James Arthur was born on August 2, 1919 in Cleveland. Son of James and Marcella (Kelly) Krumhansl.
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James Arthur Krumhansl
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Dayton, 1939. Master of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1940. Honorary Doctor of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Cornell University, 1943.
Career
Instructor Cornell University, 1943-1944. Physicist Stromberg-Carlson Company, 1944-1946. Member faculty Brown University, 1946-1948, associate professor, 1947-1948.
Assistant professor, then associate professor Cornell University, 1948-1955. Assistant director research National Carbon Company, 1955-1957, associate director research, 1957-1958. Professor physics Cornell University, 1959—1990, professor emeritus, 1990—2004, Horace White professor, 1980.
Director Laboratory Atomic and Solid State Physics, 1960-1964. Adjunct professor University Pennsylvania, 1979. Fellow Los Alamos Laboratory, 1980.
Assistant director for mathematics, physical science and engineering National Science Foundation, 1977-1979. Consultant to industry, 1946. Advisory com for Atomic Energy Commission, Department Defense, National Academy of Sciences.
Visiting fellow All Souls College, Oxford University, 1977, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, 1983, Royal Society London, 1983. Fulbright lecturer, Yugoslavia, 1975.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division solid state physics 1968, councillor 1970-1974, president 1989), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Physics (governing board 1987). Member American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Ithaca Yacht.
Connections
Married Barbara Dean Schminck, December 26, 1944 (divorced 1983). Children: James Lee, Carol Lynne, Peter Allen. Married Marilyn Cupp Dahl, February 19, 1983.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican