Background
Birge, Raymond Thayer was born on March 13, 1887 in Brooklyn. Son of John Thaddeus and Caroline S. (Raymond) Birge.
Birge, Raymond Thayer was born on March 13, 1887 in Brooklyn. Son of John Thaddeus and Caroline S. (Raymond) Birge.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wisconsin, 1909, Master of Arts, 1910, Doctor of Philosophy, 1914. Doctor of Laws, University of California, 1955.
; children—Carolyn Elizabeth, Robert Walsh. Instructor physics Syracuse University, 1913-1915. Assistant professor, 1915-1918.
Instructor physics University of California, 1918, assistant and associate professor, professor, 1926-1955, professor emeritus, 1955-1980, department chairman, 1933-1955.
Company-operating expert in International Critical Tables. Member of advisory committee Office of Critical Tables.
Physics Building at University of California at Berkeley named in his honor.
Fellow American Physical Society (vice president 1954, president 1955), Optical Society American, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Association Physics Teachers, American Institute Physics (governing board 1955-1958), Phi Beta Kappa, sigma Xi.
Married Irene Adelaide Walsh, August 12, 1913, (deceased. Children: Carolyn Elizabeth, Robert Walsh.