Background
Dyke, Karl Skillman Van was born on December 8, 1892 in Brooklyn. Son of Frank H. and Charlotte May (Atwater) Van Dyke.
Dyke, Karl Skillman Van was born on December 8, 1892 in Brooklyn. Son of Frank H. and Charlotte May (Atwater) Van Dyke.
Bachelor of Science, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1916, Master of Science, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1921.
Graduate student and assistant in physics, Wesleyan University, 1916-1917. Engineer, development and research department, American Telephone & Telephone Company, 1917-1919.
Graduate student and member teaching staff, department of physics University of Chicago, 1919-1921.
Assistant professor physics, Wesleyan University, 1921-1925, associate professor, 1925-1928, professor since 1928, on leave of absence, 1941-1945, retired, 1960. Assistant director, division defense research, University of California, 1941-1942, associate director, 1942.
Expert consultant, coordinator for quartz crystals, chief physicist, Office Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, 1942-1944. Director research Long Branch Signal Laboratory, Signal Corps Ground Signal Agency, 1944-1945.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Institute Radio Engineers. Member Acoustic Society American, American Association University professors, Association Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Nu Theta.
Married Lua Stewart Docking, October 26, 1917. Children: Karl Skillman, Mary Louise (Mistress Alan Moulton Thorndike), Florence Atwater (Mistress John David Anderson), Muriel Mansfield (Mistress Alden Watrous Wilcox).