Background
Patterson, Robert Alexander was born on July 12, 1890 in Engfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Laura Belle (Dewey) Patterson.
Patterson, Robert Alexander was born on July 12, 1890 in Engfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Laura Belle (Dewey) Patterson.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1911, Master of Arts, 1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1915.
1 son, Allen Dewey. Institute physics, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1912-1914, Yale College, 1914-1917 and 1919. Assistant professor physics, Yale, 1920-1922. National research fellowship Harvard, 1919-1920.
Professor physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, from 1922, head department of physics, 1940-1946.
Assistant director Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1946. Staff member Radiation Laboratory Massachusetts Institute Technology and technical consultant Bureau of Ordinance, Navy Department, 1942-1945.
Lecturer Harvard University. summers 1925-1932. Director Windham Plantations, Limited.
Student 1st Plattsburgh O.T.C.
Commissioned captain Field Artillery, August 15,1917. Assigned to staff, School of Fire for Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, January 1918. Major Field Artillery, July 1918.
Honorary discharged, December 1918.
Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Chi, Gamma Alpha. Member Rensselaer Society Engineers.
Clubs: Old Inlet.
Married Edna Allen Sammis, May 29, 1920.