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Pardue, Louis Arthur was born on July 21, 1900 in Scottsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Francis and Lucy Ann (Dunn) Pardue.
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Louis Arthur Pardue, American physicist. Member Conference Deans Southern Graduate Schools (president 1959-1960), American Association Land Grant Colleges State Universities, American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, American Association University Professors, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa.; Member Disciples of Christ.; Rotarian (district governor 1957-1958).
Education
Bachelor of Arts, University of Kentucky, 1925, Master of Science, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1931.
Career
Instructor physics University of Kentucky, 1926-1927. Professor physics and mathematics Lincoln Memorial University, summer 1927. Instructor physics Lehigh University, 1927-1928, Yale, 1928-1931.
Assistant professor of University of Kentucky, 1931-1935, associate professor, 1935-1943, professor, 1943-1950, dean Graduate School, 1948-1950.
Vice-president, director graduate studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute since 1950. Research in nuclear physics California Institute Technology, 1938-1939.
With Manhattan project University of Chicago and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1943-1945. Vice president Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, since 1959.
Achievements
Membership
Member Conference Deans Southern Graduate Schools (president 1959-1960), American Association Land Grant Colleges State Universities, American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, American Association University Professors, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa. Member Disciples of Christ. Rotarian (district governor 1957-1958).
Connections
Married Mary Allie Marshall, September 3, 1927. Children: Mary Lou, William Marshall.
