Background
Street, Jabez Curry was born on May 5, 1906 in Opelika, Alabama, United States. Son of Jabez Curry and Anne Dunklin Street.
Street, Jabez Curry was born on May 5, 1906 in Opelika, Alabama, United States. Son of Jabez Curry and Anne Dunklin Street.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, 1927. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1931. Master of Science (honorary), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939.
Electrical engineer Brooklyn Edison Power Company, 1927-1928. Instructor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932-1936, assistant professor, 1936-1939, associate professor, 1939-1940, professor physics, 1945-1955, chairman department physics, 1955-1960, director Cambridge electron accelerator, 1962-1963, assistant to dean faculty science, 1966-1972, Mallinckrodt professor physics, 1968-1976. Staff radiation laboratory, head development group ground and ship radar systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940-1944, head division 12, 1944-1945.
Associate director British Branch Radiation Laboratory, England, 1944. Active radar panel Research and Development board United States Air Force, 1949-1953, science advisory board, 1951-1956, member Project Charles, 1950. Visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1950-1953.
Technical advisory committee Lincoln Laboratory, 1953-1954.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Scabbard and Blade, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Leila Fripp Tison, 1939. Children– Caroline Dunklin, Curry Tison.