Background
Bolt, Richard Henry was born on April 22, 1911 in Peking, China. Son of Richard Arthur and Beatrice (French) Bolt.
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Bolt, Richard Henry was born on April 22, 1911 in Peking, China. Son of Richard Arthur and Beatrice (French) Bolt.
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1933; A.M. in Physics, University of California-Berkeley, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California-Berkeley, 1939.
Association in physics, University of Illinois, 1940;
National Research Council fellow in physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1939-1940;
research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1943;
associate professor physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1954;
professor acoustics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954-1964;
Adjunct Professor architectural acoustics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983-1985;
Adjunct Professor architectural acoustics emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1985;
lecturer political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964-1970;
director acoustics laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1957;
associate director, National Science Foundation, 1960-1963;
principal consultant biophysics and biophysics chemistry study section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1957-1959;
Chairman of the Board, Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc., Cambridge, 1953-1976;
chairman emeritus, Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc., since 1976. Lecturer Royal Institution London, 1949. Visiting scientist Massachusetts State Legislature, 1977.
Guest lecturer Institute Acoustics, Academia Sinica, Peking and Xian, China, 1981. Science liaison officer Office of Scientific Research and Development, London, 1943. Chief technical aide National Defense Research Committee, 1944-1945.
Member Armed Forces-National Research Council Chairman of Commission on hearing and bio-acoustics, 1953-1955. President International Commision on Acoustics, 1951-1957. Chairman of Commission on sound spectrograms National Research Council, 1976-1979.
Chairman advisory panel on White House tapes United States District Court District of Columbia, 1973-1974. Consultant unites states department Justice for Rodney King assult, 1993.
Fellow Acoustical Society of America (president 1949-1950, Biennial award 1942, Gold medal 1979), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (director 1969-1977), Institute Noise Control Engineering, National Academy Engineering, Academy Applied Sciences, Massachusetts Engineers Council (chairman 1975-1977), American Institute Physics (governor board 1957-1963), Chi Alpha Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Katherine Mary Smith, June 24, 1933. Children: Beatrice Bolt Scribner, Richard Eugene.