John Oren Reed was an American physicist and university dean
Education
Born at New Castle, Indiana, in 1885 he graduated from the University of Michigan, where, after studying at Harvard (1891-1892), he was instructor (1892 - 1894), assistant professor (1894 -1899), junior professor (1899 - 1905), and professor of physics.
Career
He earned a Doctor of Philosophy at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in Germany in 1897. He was also dean of the summer session from 1899 to 1908 and of the Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts after 1907, and director of the Physical Laboratory after 1909.