Background
Piccard, Jean Felix was born on January 28, 1884 in Basle, Switzerland. Son of Jules and Helene (Haltenhoff) Piccard.
Piccard, Jean Felix was born on January 28, 1884 in Basle, Switzerland. Son of Jules and Helene (Haltenhoff) Piccard.
Educated U. Basle, Switzerland, 1902-1903, Swiss Institute Technology, Zurich, 1903-1909 (degrees Chemical Engineering, 1907, Doctor National Science, 1909). Doctor of Science, Jamestown College, 1957, Southern Illinois University, 1959.
Came to the United States, 1916, naturalized, 1931. Private assistant to Adolph von Baeyer, 1910. Faculty U. Munich, 1910-1914, privatdocent, 1914, University of Lausanne, 1914-1916.
Assistant professor of chemistry University of Chicago, 1916-1918, associate professor, 1918-1919.
Professor chemical, U. Lausanne, 1919-1926. Research instructor Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1926-1929.
Research Hercules Powder Company, 1929-1932. Research associate Bartol Research Foundation, 1933-1936.
Made stratosphere flight, 1934.
Lecturer University of Minnesota, 1936-1937, professor aero engineering, 1937-1952, professor emeritus since 1952.
Served with United States Army Air Document Research Center, London, 1945, with Swiss mblzn. in lighter-than-air service, 1915. Member American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, Minnesota Academy Science, Franklin Institute, American Chemical Society, American Meteorological Society, American Association University Professors, National Aeronautical. Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tau Omega, Pi Delta Phi, Sigma Xi.
Married Jeannette Ridlon, August 19, 1919. Children: John Auguste, Paul Jules, Donald Louis.