Background
Webster, David Locke was born on November 6, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Andrew Gerrish and Lizzie Florence (Briggs) Webster.
Webster, David Locke was born on November 6, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Andrew Gerrish and Lizzie Florence (Briggs) Webster.
AB, Harvard University, 1910. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1913.
Instructor in mathematics, Harvard University, 1909-1912; assistant in physics, Harvard University, 1911-1914; instructor, Harvard University, 1915-1917; assistant professor physics, University of Michigan, 1917; assistant professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1919-1920; professor physics, Stanford University, 1920-1954; professor emeritus, Stanford University, since 1954; executive head of department, Stanford University, 1920-1942. Consultant Hawaii Institute Geophysical, since 1961, Ames Research Center, California, Moffet Field, since 1962. Coordinator civilian pilot training, Stanford University, 1939-1941.
Head physicist Signal Service at large, United States Army, 1942l head physicist Ordnance Department at large, 1942-1943. Chief physicist, 1943. Specialized in study of the atom.
Commissioned lieutenant Air Service, United States Army, November 9, 1917. Captain October 25, 1918. Pilot C.C, ranking as captain ASSRC, 1919-1924.
Member National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president and chairman sect B. 1932), American Philosophical Society, American Physical Society, American Association Physics Teachers (vice president 1933-1934, president 1935-1936), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anna Cutler Woodman, June 12, 1912. Children: Nancy Webster Felsovanyi, Helen Webster Feeley, David Locke, Cutler. Married second, Olive Durbin Ross, September 18, 1951.