Background
Shull, Clifford G. was born on September 23, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of David H. and Daisy I. (Bistline) Shull.
Shull, Clifford G. was born on September 23, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of David H. and Daisy I. (Bistline) Shull.
Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1941.
Research physicist, Texas Company, 1941-1946;
chief physicist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1946-1955;
professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1986;
professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1986. Chairman visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1961-1962. Chairman visiting committee National Bureau Standard reactor, 1972-1973.
Chairman visiting committee solid state division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1974-1975. Chairman policy committee National Small-Angle-Scattering Center, 1978-1981.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences (vice chairman panel on neutron science 1977), American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society (chairman solid state physics division 1962-1963, Buckley prize 1956). Member: Research Society of America, American Crystallographic Association, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Martha-Nuel Summer, June 19, 1941. Children: John C., Robert D., William F.