Background
Gingrich, Newell Shiffer was born on January 29, 1906 in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Felix Moyer and Minnie (Shiffer) Gingrich.
Gingrich, Newell Shiffer was born on January 29, 1906 in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Felix Moyer and Minnie (Shiffer) Gingrich.
Bachelor of Arts, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, 1926; Master of Arts, Lafayette College, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1930.
Member faculty physics, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1927-1928; Member faculty physics, Mount Allison U., Sackville, N.B., Canada, 1930-1931; Member faculty physics, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1931-1936; faculty, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1936; professor physics, U. Missouri, 1943-1973; emeritus professor physics, U. Missouri, since 1973; Physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1952; Physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, summer 1953; Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, summers 1956-1958.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Crystallographic Association, American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married Fern Priscilla Riedel, June 5, 1928 (deceased September 1989). Children– Phillip Riedel, Katherine Ann (Mistress Thomas Allan Brady).