Background
Foote, Paul Darwin was born on March 27, 1888 in Andover, Ohio, United States. Son of Howard Spencer and Abbie Lottie (Tourgee) Foote.
Foote, Paul Darwin was born on March 27, 1888 in Andover, Ohio, United States. Son of Howard Spencer and Abbie Lottie (Tourgee) Foote.
Bachelor of Arts, Western Reserve University, 1909, Doctor of Science, 1961. Master of Arts, U. Nebraska, 1911. Doctor of Philosophy University of Minnesota, 1917.
Doctor of Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1953.
Stepchildren—Robert Land, Evan T. Sage. Assistant physicist, United States Bureau of Standards, 1911, senior Physicist, 1924-1927. Executive vice president Gulf Research & Development Company (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Vice president Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Refining Company, retired all positions with Gulf, 1954.
Assistant secretary defense, research and engineering, Department of Defense, 1957-1958. Executive secretary, chairman National Academy Science Panels advisory to Bureau Standards, 1960-1971.
Club: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Berenice C. Foote, February 3, 1913 (died June 10, 1939). Married second, Miriam Sage, June 26, 1940. Children: Mistress C. Jane Halliwell, William Spencer.