Background
Rusk, Rogers D. was born on November 17, 1892 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Madison and Annie Sue (Rogers) Rusk.
Rusk, Rogers D. was born on November 17, 1892 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of James Madison and Annie Sue (Rogers) Rusk.
Bachelor of Science, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1916; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1917; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1925.
Professor physics, head department, North Center College, Naperville, Illinois, 1919-1928; associate professor physics, Mount Holyoke College, 1928-1940; professor, Mount Holyoke College, 1941-1958; department chairman, Mount Holyoke College, 1940-1946; head department physics, Holyoke Junior College, 1946-1958, 60-61; John Hay Whitney professor, Furman U., 1958-1959. Visiting professor Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1959-1960. Department chairman physics State University of New York, Oswego, 1962-1963.
With Signal corpus, United States army, 1918-1919. Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Sigma Xi.
Married Sarah Florence Eldredge, August 19, 1931. Children: Susannah Margaret, James Rogers.