Background
Bainbridge, Kenneth Tompkins was born on July 27, 1904 in Cooperstown, New York, United States. Son of William Warin and Mae (Tompkins) Bainbridge.
Bainbridge, Kenneth Tompkins was born on July 27, 1904 in Cooperstown, New York, United States. Son of William Warin and Mae (Tompkins) Bainbridge.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1926. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1926. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1927.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1929. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard, 1942.
Physicist, 1928-1929; National Research Council fellow, Bartol Research Foundation, 1929-1931; Bartol Research Foundation fellow, Bartol Research Foundation, 1931-1933; Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow at, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1933-1934; assistant professor physics, Harvard, 1934-1938; associate professor, Harvard, 1938-1946; professor, Harvard, since 1946; department chairman physics, Harvard, 1953-1955; George Vasmer Leverett professor physics, Harvard, 1961-1975; emeritus, Harvard, since 1975; now design consultant linear direct current motors. Technical consultant National Defense Research Council, 1940-1944, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory, 1940-1943, Los Alamos Laboratory, 1943-1945. Director Alamogordo Atomic Bomb Test, February-September 1945.
Trustee Associate Universities, Inc., 1957-1959. Member 7th Solvay Chemistry Congress, 1947. Member American Physical Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Alpha Tau Omega, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Margaret Pitkin, September 8, 1931 (deceased 1967). Children: Martin Keeler, Joan, Margaret Tompkins. Married Helen Brinkley King, October 11, 1969 (deceased 1989).