Background
Cork, James M. was born on July 9, 1894 in Yale, Michigan, United States. Son of George M. and Jennie (Lee) Cork.
Cork, James M. was born on July 9, 1894 in Yale, Michigan, United States. Son of George M. and Jennie (Lee) Cork.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1916, Master of Science, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, 1921.
Standards, 1919; assistant professor physics, Pennsylvania State College, 1919-1920. Instructor physics, University of Michigan, 1920-1925, assistant professor 1926-1931, associate professor 1932-1937, professor since 1937. Exchange professor, Victoria University, Manchester, England, 1926-1927.
Consultant Argonne National Laboratory, since 1950.
Served as lieutenant Signal corpus, United States army, 1918. Member National Defense Research Committee, 1942-1945. Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member Washington Philosophical Society, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Married to Laurie Kaufmann, 1918. Children: Janet Lee (wife of Doctor John C. Wahr), James A. Assistant.